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Below we show major tourist sites of Tunja in Colombia. Tunja is the
capital of Boyacá department and has several prominent colonial
buildings.
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Sightseeing
of Tunja in Colombia
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| Suarez Rendon House Founder | Donato well | |
| It was built in 1540 by Captain Gonzalo Suárez Rendón inside which there is some engraving on hunting of animals at the time. Currently the home of Culture and Tourism of Tunja. | It's situated north of the city of Tunja and is an ancient sacred site of the Chibcha. The legend says the lake is bottomless and the whole town is held on its pillars. | |
| House Captain Ruiz Mancipe | Church of Santa Clara la Real | |
| A house built in 1597 with a stone façade and architectural beauty was among the first buildings in the city of Tunja. | It was the first nunnery established in Colombia. Highlights of the interior carved altars and pictures of Vazquez and Cevallos still kept in good condition. | |
| Cathedral of Santiago de Tunja | Church of San Francisco | |
| Sixteenth century and is an authentic architectural jewel that is currently considered a minor basilica. | Built in the mid-sixteenth century is a colonial style and inside find a carving of San Francisco. | |
| House of Don Juan de Vargas | Cushions Zaque | |
| This is a house museum with an impressive collection of paintings inside the sixteenth century can be termed the most important throughout Latin America. | At the foot of the summit of San Lazaro west of Tunja these two stones are carved by the indigenous people of the Chibcha centuries and is known as "cushions". | |
| Paredón Martyrs | Bridge of Boyaca | |
| It's located in Forest Park of the Republic, surrounded by gardens and is a monument honoring those who fought for independence from Colombia in its struggle against Spanish colonialism, some of whom were executed here. | It's situated 14 km from the river Tunja Teatinos and is a tourist destination for its epic past as tube place here in 1819 the battle between the forces of Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Paula Santander against the Spanish army under the orders of Joseph María Barreiro. | |
| The Monkey's Battery | Santo Domingo Church | |
| It's one of the representative figures of Tunja built in the eighteenth century. When the town of Tunja pass through the square have a habit of silence as indicated by the image of the monkey's finger approached the lip. | Data from 1568 and is located inside the "Sistine Chapel of Latin America." Its interior is decorated in romantic style but style blends colonial and indigenous. | |
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