Tito Lombana

Lombana won the first prize in sculpture at the 9th National Showcase of Artists of Colombia in 1952, for which he was awarded a four-year scholarship to study in Europe.

He lived in Madrid, where he studied sculpting at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, and completed his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze in Florence, Italy.

[1] In January 1957, he proposed and executed for the city of Cartagena Las Botas Viejas, a monument in honor of the Cartagena poet Luis Carlos López [es], in allusion to his poem entitled "A mi Ciudad Nativa".

His brother, Héctor, recreated the sculpture and placed it by Castle San Felipe de Barajas.

[4][5][6] In 1975, Lombana and his co-conspirator, Pietro Tirasso, were arrested for drug trafficking in the United States by attempting to distribute 20 kilograms of cocaine.