San Felipe Castle of Barajas

• San Felipe Castle of Barajas:

Is a fortress located in the Colombian city of Cartagena de Indias. It is situated on a hill called San Lazaro and was built in 1536 during the colonial era española. suffered constant attacks by the British and French, being the French commander Barón of Pointis who took the castle in the middle of 1697.

Thanks to this considerable height, was visible any enemy movement and consequently minimized the reaction time of any attempt invasion. The building of the fort marked the protection of the city of Cartagena de Indias against the attacks of the French commanded by Pointis in 16978 and British military led by Edward Vernon. And now a historical site, and beautiful tourist Colombia.

• The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira:

Is an enclosure built inside the salt mines of Zipaquirá , Bogota Metropolitan Area , in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia . Actually it is a tourist site, is more like a museum than a true cathedral temple it is not the seat of any prelate.

The architectural and artistic design of the new Cathedral of Salt, is proper of Bogota Architect Roswell Garavito Pearl, which was released after the election approved the project that contained a total of 44 proposals in a competition held by the Colombian Society of Architects in 1990 ; while engineering technical direction was carried out by the Engineer Jorge Enrique.

The Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral is considered one of the architectural and artistic achievements of Colombian architecture, even granting him the title of modernity. architectural jewel of the Cathedral The importance lies in their value as cultural heritage eniromental and religious.

• Hill of Guadalupe:

The first construction of the chapel dates from 1656. The chapel was dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe on a pilgrimage attended by major ecclesiastical and civil authorities on September 8, 1656 . The small chapel was destroyed in the earthquakes on the October 13, 1743 , on July 15, 1785 and June 17, 1826 , then was rebuilt during the administration of Thomas Cipriano of Mosquera and again affected by the earthquake of 31 August 1917 , after the latter remained destroyed for decades.

The October 12, 1945 Monsignor Jorge Murcia Riano rebuilt the chapel and was blessed by Archbishop Ismael Perdomo . A year later the statue was erected on top of the hill , Asilah sculptor Gustavo Uribe , which actually corresponds to the "Virgin Mary Immaculate " , patroness of the Archdiocese of Bogotá. In 1967 the priest Luis Jimenez built the road connecting to the hill .

At present it is planning to build a new sanctuary , the first stage was the settlement of the road and the relocation

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