Towns
Quimbaya
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Origin
It is located to 20 km to the northwest of the city of Armenia, the capital of the department. In 2005 it had a population estimated in 43.700 inhabitants, of which 31.300 were living in the principal urban zone. In 1914, the Council of Filandia's municipality approved the Agreement by means of which the hamlet was raised to Corregimiento's condition, giving the name of Alexandria. Already in 1922, the settlement on having turned into Municipality, takes Quimbaya's name.
Principal sites to visit:
- PANACA
- Monument to the Christ of the Hope Plaza of Bolivar,
Recommended To visit to Quimbaya
- " The Contest of candles and lanterns "
- in the system of illumination of December.
- The Old woman crosses the Rio, in his famous walk in "Raft"
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Pijao
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Origin
It is a municipality of the department of the Quindío in Colombia. It was founded on May 15, 1902 in territory of tribes pijaos by don Antonio Maria Quintero, don Luis Jaramillo and Claudio Rivera, between others. His parish was created in 1912, and was raised as municipality in 1926. His culture is rich as for the architecture, the dance and the music. It is considered by many as a municipality of singular beauty. Pijao is far 32 km from the capital of the department, Armenia.
Principal sites to visit:
- Traditional architecture
- Plaza of Bolivar
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Buenavista
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Origin
Founded in 1935 by Jose de Jesus Jiménez, Abraham Moreno, Nepomuceno Gallón, Gerardo Loaiza, Londoño, Ramon Velazques and Luis Philip Gonzalez; it is a municipality from 1966. Buenavista is one of twelve municipalities that shape the department of the Quindío, and one of five municipalities that are seated on the Central mountain chain. His name owes to the excellent sight on the department of the Quindío and part of the department of Cauca's Valley. Buenavista possesses a few excellent spaces for the practice of sports like it they are: the parapentismo, the hiking for the Cannon of the Juanes, Hill of Three Crosses, Way of the Indians, and the Micro basin the Pillory.
Principal sites to visit:
- Coffee San Alberto
- Plaza of Bolivar
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Calarca
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Origin And Gastronomy
Calarcá is the second city in importance of the Department, founded in the year of 1886 and raised to his condition of municipality in 1905. It served as point of item for the foundation of other populations as Armenia (1889); the municipality possesses nowadays an approximate population of 82.000 inhabitants and due to his geographical location and the variety of his climates, the tourist can observe, crossing his rural areas, beautiful landscapes characterized by the presence of different cultures as the coffee, the banana, the citrus fruits and the heliconias, in addition areas dedicated to the ranching; on these products and activities there is based the development of his agricultural economy.
Principal sites to visit:
- Mariposario and Botanical Garden
- Plaza of Bolivar
- Restaurant Bakho
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Circasia
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Origin And Gastronomy
Founded in 1884 it places on the 1.777 mts. SNM a calm population of coffee tradition and with an important agricultural vocation in the one that is cultivated of everything a bit thanks to the variety of his thermal floors. The natural reservation Bremen is one of the most important environmental heritages of the municipality and recognized to regional level; it is shared by Filandia's municipality, the biodiversity makes it rich in fauna and flora, routes guided by experts offer and it is recognized as the environmental cathedral of the Quindío. Since principal economic activities are agriculture, ranching, porcicultura, aviculture and flower growing.
Principal sites to visit:
- Circasia's Free cemetery
- Plaza of Bolivar
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Cordoba
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Origin And Elements
Founded in the year 1.927, Cordoba is one of twelve municipalities that shape the department of the Quindío, and one of five municipalities that are seated on the central mountain chain. There are four really fundamental elements in the analysis of his structure, they are:
- The indigenous presence in the region The settling antioqueña of the area.
- The foundation and the urban area.
- The culture of the coffee and his culture.
Principal sites to visit:
- Museum of the Guadua
- Plaza of Bolivar
- Typical Architecture
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Filandia
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Origin And Gastronomy
The territory that today constitutes Filandia's Municipality was lived before his foundation on one hand of the tribe indigenous to the Quimbaya. They were living in the north of the Quindío, his territory was spreading up to the river Chinchiná. Filandia towards part of the " PROVINCE QUIMBAYA ", named this way by the invading conquerors who came in golden search in the period of the colony in 154. Filandia was the second municipal district that shaped the region Quindiana; municipality Is raised in 1892 and ratified in 1894. The Name Filandia Daughter comes from "Filia", "Andia" Andes, "FILANDIA" Daughter of the Andes; It was corregimiento of Salento and was the second municipality Quindiano shaped after Salento. Filandia's municipal district had like corregimiento Quimbaya.
Since economic activities are agriculture and ranching, trade and the tourist excellent attractions are: architecture and urbanism, home of the elder Sagrada Familia, Park of Bolivar, The Stern reserves forest Bremen shared with circasia, Hill The Cross-eyed one.
Principal sites to visit:
- panoramic Viewing-point
- Plaza of Bolivar
- Typical Architecture
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Genova
Origin
In the year 1937 the Assembly of Caldas, across the ordinance number 10 approves the creation of the new municipality with the following boundaries: " for the river Far, up to the river mouth of the gully The Maizena and of here up, up to his birth; of this point, up to the central mountain chain; of this one towards the south, up to the limits with the Department of the Valley.
Principal sites to visit:
- Plaza of Bolivar
- Jump of the breezes
- Church
- Lagoon of the doll
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La Tebaida
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Origin And Culture
Founded in 1914 by Gabino Arango, Jesus Arango and Pedro Arango; it is a municipality from 1954.
The cavalcades for Maravelez's valleys and crossing and visiting the local household tasks up to the river the old woman they are different of the cultural traditions of the population. The major seminar of the Quindío in surroundings of the airport is another important cultural manifestation of the municipality even if this one is a regional service his ecclesiastic academy does local presence of importance. The sports fishing is imposing on him as part of the tourist offer of the zone, accompanied of night attractions of typical Colombian prints offered in the new places of restaurants and bars of category, that in surroundings of the airport and the rural club.
Principal sites to visit:
- Valley of maravelez
- Cavalcades
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Montenegro
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- Origin And Culture
Founded in 1892 by Michael Duque, Martin Duque, Noé Alegría and Justiniano Cardona; declared municipality in 1911. The Origin of the name Montenegro comes of the epoch of the first explorers antioqueños, those who found in this zone an aggressive and thick mount which was contrasting with an entangled jungle that was giving him to the site a dark color, contrast to which they named Montenegro. In his urban part, Montenegro possesses constructions of great architectural value, works that are a sample of the architecture paisa, giving identity and color to this population, as the House Cadavid located in the frame of the principal square. The House of the Culture Marconi Sanchez Valencia, for your part, possesses an archaeological permanent sample.
Principal sites to visit:
- National park of the coffee
- Plaza of Bolivar
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Salento
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Origin And Location
Salento, it is considered to be the most tourist Municipality of the Quindio and the Coffee Axis. It was the first municipality dle Quindio, by what there is called he the Father of the Department of the Quindío. It was founded on October 26 of 1.842. Salento's Municipality is placed in the northeastern sector of the Department of the Quindío on the western flank of the central mountain chain.
Principal sites to visit:
- Valley of Cocora
- Plaza of Bolivar
- Park viewing-point
- Church our lady of carmen
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