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It is a Colombian municipality in the department of Cundinamarca, its name comes from the Chibcha language and means "moon" or "month". -
Valvanera Sanctuary
Valvanera Sanctuary
It is built on Indian land, in the hills of Cerro de la Cruz, in the west of the village on the road from Chia to Tunjo. -
Common Bridge
It is a top representative work of civil colonial architecture. It was built by the Spanish engineer Domingo Esquiaqui, whose plans were drawn by Francisco Davila of the Botanical Expedition. It has five large arches and a long parapet or auxiliary bridge over the swampy area next to Chia. At their ends it holds small carved stone columns -
Cacique Bridge
It was built to keep traffic livestock and to facilitate the transit of small vehicles and horses on the Frio River, during colonial times. -
Church of Santa Lucia
The church of Santa Lucia is located in the Santander Park, it was initiated by Ricardo Garcia pastor from 1887-1921. -
The Marroquin Castle
It was conceived in 1918, it was built on plans brought from Europe during the War of a Thousand Days. It was the residence of President Jose Manuel Marroquin and served as recreational house presidents, his figure is exotic symbol of the medieval age, on which many legends and mysteries like ghosts, ghosts, goblins and otherworldly beings are counted. -
Monument to the Chibcha Race
It is located in the Santander Park, was built around 1935. The base is formed by a triangular pyramid truncated on three circular steps that mean the trinity, reflected in three important aspects such as water, fire and air, and nature . You may also see the figure of a woman symbolizing the sowing man figure represents harvest. -
The Bear Mountain
It is located 40 minutes from Bogota, with a height of 3200 meters and a temperature of 10 ° C in the path of Peppermint, it is a place where the main resource is water. -
location
It limits the south with the capital Bogota (localities of Usaquén and Suba with which it is almost united in their entirety) district and the municipality of Cota, the west with the municipalities of Tabio and Tenjo, north with the municipalities of Cajicá and west with the municipality of Sopo. -
urban
It is divided into 8 lanes including Urban Area, Bojacá, near Stone, Fagua, Fonquetá, Fusca, La Balsa, Tiquiza and Peppermint. -
hunter-gatherers
hunter-gatherers
Period of hunter-gatherers [edit]
The archaeological site of El Abra, which is datable age 13,000 years abriense determines a farming culture called. In Tibitó (Tocancipá) abrienses artifacts dating from 9740 to found. C., and the Sabana de Bogotá, in the shelter of the Archaeological Site of Tequendama, other stone tools dating back a millennium later, prepared by specialized hunters. Among the most prized findings are complete human skeletons 5000. C. Analysis has shown that a
