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title: "The Territory Is Not for Sale"
summary: "The Territory Is Not for Sale. Página institucional de Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad Externado de Colombia. Seeds, moss, stones, soil, and green leaves break through a city constructed from reams of paper."
description: "Seeds, moss, stones, soil, and green leaves break through a city constructed from reams of paper."
url: "https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/3-territorio/el-territorio-no-esta-en-venta/"
type: "page"
language: "en-US"
site: "Universidad Externado de Colombia"
section: "Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional"
updated: "2026-06-11T15:45:16-05:00"
---

Publicado: 11 of October of 2021

# The Territory Is Not for Sale

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[Gallery 3. Territory](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/3-territorio/)

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**Photo credits: María Buenaventura**

#### María Buenaventura

2011-2019  
Installation 4 pieces  
variable dimensions.

Seeds, moss, stones, soil, and green leaves break through a city constructed from reams of paper. The orderly landscape contrasts with holes filled with earth and plants growing among piles of white sheets. María Buenaventura prints court notices, building permits, and Decree 619 of 2000—documents that have impacted the territory and agricultural zones of the Usme locality. The work challenges Article 64 of the Constitution, which guarantees peasants progressive access to land ownership, while Territorial Planning Plans have promoted mass construction, affecting the land and farming areas.

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#### See

[About the Artwork](https://mariabuenaventura.com/portfolio/el-territorio-no-esta-en-venta/)

[About the Artist](https://mariabuenaventura.com/contacto/)

[POT Bogotá 2000-2004](https://www.ifrc.org/docs/IDRL/DECRETO%20619%20DE%202000.pdf)

[Sentencia C-138-20 Ordenamiento territorial](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2020/C-138-20.htm)

[Return to room 3. Territory](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/3-territorio/)

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