Popayan (Colombia) urban narrative in the first half of the twentieth century. Between the Nobility and the Patriciate

Based on the definitions of noble city and patrician city presented by Jose Luis Romero in his book Latinoamerica: las ciudades y las ideas, this research focuses on how was constructed Popayan Urban Narrative in the first half of twentieth century. The analysis is rooted in the historical essay originated in the city which, eventually, became in an essential source for the traditional urban narrative in the City. This narrative has operated in the logic of a hegemonic and eurocentric thought, where the colonial discourse is still present and latent in the various forms in which the city is recognized and named.