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.