There were numerous changes that Bogotá experienced in the last three decades of the 19th century, mostly associated with the idea of material progress, the consolidation of the national State and the image of hegemonic aesthetic ideas. In this context, the public space of the city was transformed into an extension of the daily life of urban life and the place of expression of new tastes and practices. The materialization of the Parque del Centenario was presented as part of the regenerative political project. Its location was due to a tribute of admiration and gratitude to the figure of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, on the commemoration of the first centenary of his birth in 1883. Its construction is inscribed in a period characterized by the desire to beautify the city, within a discourse that was part of the construction of a new image of the national State, which was reflected with the idea of establishing a beautiful, orderly and clean city. Include biographies of the members of the board of trustees of the Parque del Centenario and a timeline of the transformations done to the park from 1993 to 1958. There were numerous changes that Bogotá experienced in the last three decades of the 19th century, mostly associated with the idea of material progress, the consolidation of the national State and the image of hegemonic aesthetic ideas. In this context, the public space of the city was transformed into an extension of the daily life of urban life and the place of expression of new tastes and practices. The materialization of the Parque del Centenario was presented as part of the regenerative political project. Its location was due to a tribute of admiration and gratitude to the figure of the Liberator Simón Bolívar, on the commemoration of the first centenary of his birth in 1883. Its construction is inscribed in a period characterized by the desire to beautify the city, within a discourse that was part of the construction of a new image of the national State, which was reflected with the idea of establishing a beautiful, orderly and clean city. Include biographies of the members of the board of trustees of the Parque del Centenario and a timeline of the transformations done to the park from 1993 to 1958.