Arthur, your comment "egregious proofs of old money in the hands of those who never had to work for" shows you never learned the importance to the city of Medellin and Colombia of the the owner, entrepreneur and philanthropist of this Castillo. The Echavearria family were the founders of the most important and one of the largest textile factories in South America. In textile factaory "Coltejer" trained and provided jobs to many Colombians and was for many decades the main export after coffee.Those people worked very hard to achieve their purpose.