The village of Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca, Colombia was founded in 1600. The name Zipaquirá means "foot of the Zipa" which describes the location of the village which is at the foot of the the hill named Zipa. Inside this hill was where the large salt mine was located.
Just down the hill from the mine was the archeological museum.
There was a little bit of everything, mostly pre-Columbian artifacts, from the different regions and the different Indian tribes of Colombia. It was quite interesting. Several of the utilitarian artifacts looked just like ones used by Native Americans in the United States.
Downtown.
Above is the Diocesana Cathedral which was constructed between 1760 and 1870. We were there on a Sunday and the church was filled to standing room only.
The sign on the wall at the right basically said 'no selling allowed'. That made it the perfect place to attract a crowd for selling elixirs capable of curing everything.
The village was a nice place for window shopping.
My best guess is that this was the Municipal Palace. It was a nice looking building, but its architecture seemed oddly out of place.
It just did not look like the jungle I had always imagined it would be. Huh.
2018-03-05