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Mar 22, 1537
start
in 1537 the Spaniards, led by Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada came to Chia -
Puente de tiquiza
It was built to keep traffic livestock and to facilitate the transit of small vehicles and horses on the Frio River during the colonial era -
Bear Mountain
It is located 40 minutes from Bogota, with a height of 3200 meters and a temperature of 10 ° C in the path of Peppermint, it is a place where the main resource is water.It was discovered in 1730 -
creation of puente del comun
In 1783, during the insurrection of the villagers, the march of the insurgents to Santa Fe stopped near the town of Chia, the crossing of the Rio Bogota, in what is now known as the Bridge of the Common. There Viceroy signed a series of concessions to the commoners, which then would challenge by being signed "under pressure". -
house of yerbabuena
Yerbabuena house there in 1807 was amended in 1836 and in 1854 he was made chapel -
choorse principal
Chia The present church was started by Ricardo A. Garcia Pastor in 1887 and work was completed in November 1921. -
Marroquin Castle
Marroquin Castle is located in lands of the old hacienda "El Castillo". It was built by Don Lorenzo Marroquín Osorio, son of Jose Manuel Marroquín and Matilde Osorio. It was built on plans brought from Europe between 1899 and 1900, -
Monument to the Chibcha Race
It is located in the Santander Park, was built around 1935. The base is formed by a triangular pyramid truncated on three circular steps that mean the trinity, reflected in three important aspects such as water, fire and air, and nature . You may also see the figure of a woman symbolizing the sowing man figure represents harvest. -
marketplace
In 1935 the City Council Chia started to build in the main square a monument to the Chibcha race, which was run by Martin A. Jimenez Neira M. Alonso and Luis A. Sanchez Valderrama, was inaugurated on October 12, 1935. -
choose the valvanera
It is built on Indian land, in the hills of Cerro de la Cruz, in the west of the village on the road from Chia to Tunjo.
