This small baroque cathedral has more to see than its bigger brother next door, the Catedral Primada, including six large paintings by Gregorio Vásquez.
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µþ´Ç²µ´Ç³Ùá's most famous museum and one of the most fascinating in South America, the Gold Museum contains more than 55,000 pieces of gold and other materials…
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Even if you've never heard of Fernando Botero, you'll probably recognize some of his highly distinctive paintings of oversized (read: chubby) characters,…
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Built between 1557 and 1621, the Church of San Francisco is µþ´Ç²µ´Ç³Ùá's oldest surviving church. In the atmospherically dark interior, with its extravagant…
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Zipaquirá's stunning Catedral de Sal, 190m underground, was carved by removing 250,000 tons of salt; the resulting space is cinematically lit and packs a…
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The usual place to start discovering µþ´Ç²µ´Ç³Ùá is the giant concrete Plaza de BolÃvar, the heart of the original town. What it lacks in green foliage it…
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Most of Banco de la República's permanent art collection, which features 800 pieces by 250 different artists spread over 16 exhibition halls at two…
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On the south side of Plaza de BolÃvar, beyond the Capitolio Nacional and reached via Carreras 8 or 7, this is Colombia's neoclassical presidential…
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Housed in the expansive, Greek-cross-shaped building called El Panóptico (designed as a prison by English architect Thomas Reed in 1874), the Museo…
Nearby µþ´Ç²µ´Ç³Ùá attractions
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This neoclassical cathedral stands on the site where the first Mass may have been celebrated after µþ´Ç²µ´Ç³Ùá was founded in 1538 (some historians argue that…
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The usual place to start discovering µþ´Ç²µ´Ç³Ùá is the giant concrete Plaza de BolÃvar, the heart of the original town. What it lacks in green foliage it…
3. Museo de la Independencia – Casa del Florero
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Just after Napoleon overcame Spain in 1810, local Creole Antonio Morales supposedly came to this late-16th-century home and demanded an ornate vase from…
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The Jesuits began this iconic church in 1610 and, although opened for worship in 1635, it was not completed until their expulsion in 1767. It was the…
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On the southern side of the plaza stands this neoclassical seat of congress. It was begun in 1847 but, due to numerous political uprisings, not completed…
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This museum occupies a one-time Jesuit college and traces the evolution of how religious and portrait art pieces are made, particularly by Colombia's…
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On the northern side of the plaza, this massive, rather styleless edifice serves as the seat of the Supreme Court.
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The Teatro Colón, with its adorable Italian-style facade, has had various names since its birth in 1792; this latest version opened as Teatro Nacional in…