La Candelaria

La Candelaria is a historical zone in which in every corner there is a commemorative and important place for Colombia’s history. It’s a place where you can’t hurry up, you have to stop for a while and see the panorama where our ancestors live the colonial times and then fight with heart for the independence of our country.

There, you can visit the “Plaza de Chorro de Quevedo” where you can find the place where Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada founded at first Bogotá on August 6 of 1538, later he ratified this act on April 27 of 1539 were now days is Plaza de Bolivar. In this place there is a hermit named San Miguel del Principe was constructed by Eduardo Mendoza Varela for “La Fundación Candelaria”on 1971. Also is the place of a fountain named “Chorro de Quevedo” were years before was where the people who lived near took pure water for their needs.

In the Candelaria streets you can find colonial houses, but also houses painted with street art, is the case of the “cultural house” near the Candelaria’s theater. But there is not only painted street art, but also there are sculptured street art, that you can found if you observe on the houses roofs.

By: Diana Catalina Márquez