It is a neoclassical building built between 1807 and 1823 on the drawings of Fray Domingo de Petres. This is the fourth cathedral built in the same place. It has three naves of the same height, side chapels on each side and a central chapel. The lantern and the dome are at …
A church high up on the mountain is one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions. Monserrate has been considered an important sacred place since before the arrival of the Spanish: the local Muisca indigenous people called the mountain quijicha caca, or ‘grandmother’s foot’, and considered it important to their …
Bolivar is known as El Libertador – the liberator – and considered a national hero of many South American countries for leading the South American movement of independence against Spanish colonial power in what is today Venezula, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. He was president of Gran Colombia (also …
The famous Gold Museum exhibit the world’s largest collection of pre-Hispanic gold arts. Gold Museum contains more than 55,000 pieces of gold and other materials from all of Colombia’s major pre-Hispanic cultures.
Colombia is the leading producer and exporter of flowers in South America and the second largest exporter of flowers in the world! Flowers are grown around the Bogota area. Farmers arrive at Paloquemao in the early morning bringing freshly cut flowers which are sold at a wholesale price to individuals …
26 MARCH 2019 Bogota, Capital of Columbia Bogota, is located in the center of the country in the eastern part of the Andes mountains. The capital city is situated at an elevation of 2,600 m (8,530 ft.).Bogota was originally called “Bacata” means planted fields, and it was founded by the …
27 MARCH 2019 BOGOTA- GUATEMALA CITY – PETEN Checked out from hotel and proceed to airport for our flight to Guatemala City 14:25 hrs. AV 262 – Arrival to La Aurora International airport and check in with for our flight to Peten 17:15 hrs.flight to Flores (Air ticket with TAG), …
25-10-2017 Cartagena is a port city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast Cartagena’s Old Town, city center and its fortifications are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, By the sea is the walled Old Town, founded in the 16th century, with squares, cobblestone streets, colorful colonial buildings and historic center of Cartagena within the …