León de Greiff Library

León de Greiff Library, also known as La Ladera Parque Biblioteca (English: Hillside Library Park),^[2] is an architecturally renowned library park in Medellín, Colombia. It is named after the poet Leon de Greiff and designed by architect Giancarlo Mazzanti.

León de Greiff Library
6.251202261426748°N 75.55323768926982°W / 6.251202261426748; -75.55323768926982
Location	Medellin, Colombia
Type	public Library
Established	February 2007[1]

History

León de Greiff Library stands on the site where a late 19th century monastery was transformed into La Ladera prison, which at one point housed over one thousand prisoners.^[3]