miércoles, 4 de mayo de 2011

turistiando in the candelaria

Most of the buildings that remain, is part of National Heritage and has been declared a Historical and Cultural. Unfortunately with the passage of time and cause of fires (1900) and social confrontations as the call Bogotazo (prompted by the assassination of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Caudillo) have gone some buildings.
Part of the City 17 (administrative division of the city) that has the same name, is located from south to north between 6 and Avenida Jiménez Street and from East to West between Avenue Circunvalar and eighth career.
Central point is the Plaza de Bolívar (in honor of Simon Bolivar from 1846) says that the city began in this place with 12 huts that made up, there is also the first stones of the Cathedral of Colombia , the square represents the importance of the sector and which are the main institutions: the Congress of the Republic, Cathedral, Courthouse, City Hall (Palacio Liévano), Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé and the House of July 20 where he the cry of Independence.
                
Cultural activity has the largest with about 500 institutions or groups of artists, museums and research centers or training, to become its main attractions. El Barrio de la Candelaria as it is known (though it really is the City consists of 6 wards) is comprised of Colonial-type buildings and many of them Republicans retain their original structure. Its main charac ¬ stica one to three yards (second patio and backyard) central or lateral and around rooms and spaces where family activities are also kept those with side porches that serve as input and communication between the spaces interiors.

miércoles, 27 de abril de 2011

 
The shrine was built in 1655 to meet for religious purposes, then military and educational. Today is an auditorium seating 500 people.

The theater company was founded in 1989 by director Pawel Nowicki. In 1997, with support from the Foundation of the dressing room, able to consolidate itself as a stable company.

The theater is located on Victory Street, Race 5, between Calles 8 and 9 at the La Candelaria neighborhood of Bogota.

In chapter 28 of the Chronicles of Pedro M. Bogota Ibanez reads: Salesian College is owned by Leo XIII, a prestigious school of Italian Catholic origin

Neighbor in the East with the church of San Carlos and atrium door on it, there was a spacious room that served some time in school, local Societies and Crafts Military Brothers and chapel devoted to the cult of the Virgin Chiquinquira. As the churches of La Concepción, San Diego El Carmen today there was only this chapel alcove on the race 6, opposite the palace of San Carlos. The company called it vulgar Chiquita.

The expert restorer restored Mexican Rodolfo Magaña Vallín the dressing room and the nearby Shrine of Our Lady of Carmen (Bogota).

On 1 September 2010, the Camarín del Carmen was badly damaged after it hit a truck that ran in the opposite, belonging to the company Coordinadora Mercantil. The local mayor of La Candelaria, Rocio Navarro Xinia, told reporters: "By illegal, I guess it was the community, put some bollards and chains in this sector, then the Office of the Public Space began proceedings in the Mayor for the recovery of the space. The truth is that if I went vehicles but only those who were authorized. It is an extremely serious about closing roads are private