(Spanish for Naples State) was the luxurious estate built and owned by Colombian drug dealer Pablo Escobar in Puerto Triunfo, Antioquia (320 kms NW from Bogotá) with about 2000 ha. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (December 1, 1949 – December 2, 1993) gained world infamy as a Colombian drug dealer. ... Puerto Triunfo is a municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. ... Motto: Capital Medellín Governor Area 63,612 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   5,750,478 90 people/km² Adjective antioqueño Antioquia was one of the states in the original United States of Colombia, and is now a department in the northwest part of the Republic of Colombia. ... Nickname: Athens of Latin America Motto: Bogotá, 2600 metros más cerca de las estrellas Bogotá, 2600 metres closer to the stars Municipalities of Bogotá Country Colombia Department Bogotá, D.C.* Foundation August 6, 1538 Mayor Luís Eduardo Garzón, PDA Area    - City 1,732 km² Elevation 2,640...

It included a Spanish colonial house and had a complete zoo that included all kind of animals from all continents like giraffes, ostriches, elephants, ponies, rare antelopes and exotic birds. The ranch had a large collection of old and luxurious cars and bikes, and even a private airport and a carts racing track. Following Escobar's death in 1993, his family went into a legal struggle with the Colombian government over the property. The government prevailed and the neglected property is now managed by the Municipality of Puerto Triunfo. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Recent news

In September 2006, there was a rumor about building an anti-crime museum about Pablo Escobar, a jail and a theme park [1]. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (December 1, 1949 – December 2, 1993) gained world infamy as a Colombian drug dealer. ... Theme Park is a simulation computer game designed by Bullfrog Productions, released in 1994, in which the player designs and operates an amusement park. ...

By November 2006, the property ownership passed to the Colombian government and was valued in 5,000 million Colombian pesos. [2] The peso is the currency of Colombia. ...

hola soy el sobrino de pablo escobar lo unico que quiero aclarar es que el govierno se quedo con la hacienda napoles y por falta de "plata" supuestamente no han alimentado ningun animal por lo cual han dejado morir el 90 porciento ademas no solamente fue la hacienda napoles fueron muchas otras cosas las cuales el gobierno hace uso ellas para beneficio propio claro que gracias a dios en napoles pusieron a los desplazados es la unica obra buena que ha hecho el gobierno colombiano con las propiedades de mi tio, sabiendo que con todas las propiedades podrian hospedar a millones de desplazados pero el gobierno no lo0 hace se roba la plata asi de facil

Trivia

• The entrance has Escobar's first plane as decoration. It is the first plane full of cocaine Escobar took to the United States.
• The car where Bonnie and Clyde were shot by police was purchased by Escobar and he had it as a treasure exhibited in the zoo.
• There are some dinosaur statues in a section of the state. Escobar had a dream of building a theme park with life-sized dinosaurs but the plans were never completed.
• The cost of the maintenance of the zoo and the animals were too expensive to the government so they decided to donate most of the animals to Colombian and international zoos. The last survivors were the hippopotamuses that grew wild. Now there are plans to take them to a Costa Rican zoo.

Bonnie Parker Bonnie and Clyde. ... Orders & Suborders Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Ornithischia Thyreophora Ornithopoda Marginocephalia Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. ... Binomial name Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus, 1758 The Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) or Greek ίππόποταμος (river horse) is a large, plant-eating African mammal, one of only two living and three (or four) recently extinct species in the family Hippopotamidae. ...

External links

• Article in Spanish with recent photos
• Hacienda Napoles Video