Guaduas
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Guaduas is a city in Colombia
Colombia
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, in the province of Lower Magdalena
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department of Cundinamarca
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Geographical Context
At about 117 km from BogotáBogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. It is an agricultural and tourist center of some importance. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. The name refers to a bamboo cane variety.
History
The early inhabitants of the "Valley of the Guaduas" were the Panches, whose principal were farmhouses feel Machuca and Panchen Calambata or Town which was called later and which survived several years in the category of viceparroquia. The town of Guaduas emerged as an oasis in the long and arduous road from Santa Fe to Honda, located in a small, fertile valley, which soon became acclimated crops of fruit and flowers brought from the West Indies, as the medlar, and elsewhere, a fact that earned him one of the experimental facilities of the Botanical Expedition. The tree caracteristicofue guadua, shady and green freshness of the climassuaves and useful in the construction of houses. 2 It was originally founded April 20, 1572 (439 years) by Andrés Díaz Venero de LeivaAndrés Díaz Venero de Leiva
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. It was abandoned after its foundation, until December 13, 1610 Fray Tomas de Morales founded on the same site the Franciscan monastery of Solitude, around which the town grew again. On December 27, 1644 was again the character of town to be formally re-founded by Francisco Pérez de Guzmán.
In 1696, for a charter of King Charles II, became the parish seat. In 1805 came the secular clergy, and a little later the convent was closed. In 1809 he began building a church in the village, which was conducted under the direction of Fray Domingo de Petres, cappuccino architect who also directed the construction of the Cathedral of Bogotá. The building of the convent, by order of the Congress of Cucuta, was transformed into a prison.
Guaduas was a center of experimentation with the "expedition Botany", which promoted the late eighteenth century, the introduction of medlar from the West Indies, now widely cultivated in the region. According to the provincial constitution of 1815 created the canton of Guaduas, which in 1824 was incorporated into the province of Bogotá. Progress was rapid: in 1833 he opened the first official school in 1857 acquired the status of provincial capital, four years later he founded the local hospital, and in 1871 was connected to the telegraph network.
Tourism: The 8 Wonders of Guaduas
The educational community chose Guaduas in the year 2007, the 7 Wonders of Guaduas, an educational project directed from the Departmental Educational Institution Puerto Bogotá, under the direction of the Recreation Specialist in Ecological and Social teaching Murcia Tiberius Godoy, who presented as a project the Diploma degree SENIOR MANAGEMENT CULTURAL CUNDINAMARCA, by John F. Foundation Kennedy with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the department, this project had the cooperation of Educational Management Specialist, Rector of the Institution Luis Carlos Arboleda Rueda, after analyzing the various proposals for the community, these were chosen by Wonderland Guaduero.Convento de la Soledad
Currently operates the Municipal Government, served to accommodate Bolívar and Nariño amongst others, built by Father Fray Thomas Morales on December 13, 1610, this was the first colonial building of the town, around which was developed gradually people. Located next to the Camino Real.Navarro bridge
Located east of Port Inspection Guaduas municipality of Bogotá. National Monument on May 10, 1994, by Decree No. 936 for the technical and aesthetic merits and relevance in the national history as well as engineering in Colombia. It was inaugurated on January 16, 1899.Puerto Gallot
Located 3 km from the Inspectorate of Puerto Bogota, the first river port of the new Kingdom of Granada, beautiful ruins with a 180 ° arc, walls colonial carved stones in brick cooking and normal brick were warehouses where they stored goods before being transferred to Santa Fe de Bogotá, is still in good condition vestiges of this port.In 2008 this property was purchased by Mr. Hugo Mora, in order to restore this historic beauty and make it available worldwide tourism.
Salavarrieta Policarpa House Museum
Birthplace and lived Policarpa Salavarrieta located in the street called La Pola by order of the City Council in 1917, is the care of local authorities. It has now been Resaturated to preserve the cultural heritage of the municipality.Aboriginal settlement
Located 22 km from the municipal down the road that leads to the municipality of Caparrapi, the basis of its economy is agriculture. It has 520 inhabitants. As tourist attractions are: The black river, the railroad tracks, the Indian settlement, where they still continue to find archaeological pieces that date from about 200 BC C., fossilized stones, hot springs (untapped).Mirador Piedra Capira
Never been studied in depth the origin of this stone, whose viewpoint covers much of the region see the great river, leaving the snow-covered Magdalena Ruiz, Santa Isabel and Tolima.Their access can be done on a dirt road about 1 hour walk or drive up to a certain place and walk of 15 minutes. The first cross was laid on June 24, 1930, in the middle of San Juan festivities, the celebration was held a great banquet, in the style Guaduero (Suckling, Brandy, Chicha and Powder). In 1992 the first Mass was celebrated.
In 1952 he hit the road system in Gauteng with the roads in western Colombia by a bridge over the Magdalena River, between Port Bogota and Honda. That same year he founded in Guaduas Ezpeleta history museum containing archaeological relics in the area and works of art from the colonial era.
The stone is a founding legend dating from the date of opening, the legend is a recognition of the Moreno family (father and sons).
Puerto Bogotá
One of the most important inspections Guaduas, according to historian Tiberius Murcia Godoy, "there is a major river port of the New Kingdom of Granada, dating from 1555, and today there are plans to build a theme park to collect large part of the culture and history not only of Guaduas, or Cundinamarca but the Republic of Colombia ", in addition to the Navarro Bridge, which was built between 1894-1898, and inaugurated on January 16, 1899, being the birthday of its owner, Don Bernardo Navarro Bohorquez.The Police Inspectorate is only two minutes from Honda, since it is just across the bridge and Luis Ignacio Andrade Navarro also the bridge. Here come thousands of visitors to taste the delicious widower capable nicuro catfish and sweaty, fried crappie.
It has an excellent educational institution Departmental Puerto Bogotá. Here is developed the River Festival and the fisherman.
Modern Technical Institute Educational Institution
Institution is the largest and most modern Guaduas. There Preschool, Elementary and SecondaryFacts
- Guaduas was one of the locations of famous MutisJosé Celestino Mutis-External links:*** at The Catholic Encyclopedia official site...
' Botanical Expedition. - Nowadays the Policarpa SalavarrietaPolicarpa SalavarrietaPolicarpa Salavarrieta , also known as La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason...
house is a touristic and historic site of interest - is one of the cities in the BogotáBogotáBogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
-MedellínMedellínMedellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
highway. - The main plaza is featured on the Colombian ten-thousand pesosColombian pesoThe peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. As 20 July 2011, the exchange rate of the Colombian peso is 1750 Colombian pesos to 1 U.S. dollar.-History:The peso has been the currency of Colombia...
bill. - The town is one of the seats of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Dorada–Guaduas