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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Apr 08, 2017 19:30 Post subject: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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Hi.
Here we are with news.
Now are going to a productive mine I had no news that existed before living here.
We´ll visit the first wonder of Colombia.
Is The Great Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira (Cundinamarca, Colombia).
It is a real underground Cathedral excavated by miners in a gigantic salt mine. There are only two buildings of its kind in the world that have the quality of roman catholic church Cathedral, this in Colombia and the Krakow one in Poland.
A taxi Bogotá to Zipaquirá all day round trip has a cost between 170.000 and 200.000 COP (approximately USD 60 or 70).
It is a magnificent visit and very near of Bogotá, around 50 km.
The village of Zipaquirá is over a huge accumulation of common salt that comes from a desiccated sea. Seventy million years ago, when the eastern mountain range of the Colombian Andes was formed, this inland sea dried up and left a large salt deposit.
We get down to 180 meters of depth. Every day leave to be processed four tons of salt for the domestic consumption in the country.
Began to explode in pre-columbian times at another level above the current mine. The Muiscas Indians changed the precious salt for less useful gold to make their offerings, traded with it and became the richest of his time societies.
You go with a guide until the end of the journey. There you loose and already go out whenever you want.
Twelve times warned you not to make photos while you're with him, since the mountain quickly download the batteries of the cameras being surrounded by large amounts of sodium everywhere.
The guide says us: “You will do a hundred photographs minimum, but do to the output when yourselves are”.
I hope you enjoy.
Regards.
Firmo.
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We begin this trip in the heart of the center of Bogotá. The Bolivar Square (Plaza de Bolivar) with the Colombia´s Primada Cathedral. Back we can see the white church of the Monserrate Hill, 3.170 m above level sea. |
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Bolivar Square: The Courthouse. |
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Bolivar Square: The Mayor Town Hall of Bogotá. |
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Bolivar Square: Colombia´s Primada Cathedral. |
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An orchestra man in the Carrera 7ª. This is Colombia. |
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Portable machine for making “guarapo”: a lemon and sugar cane juice very tipicall around the country. |
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Natural street juice. Of course you can find this street juice all the country. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Apr 08, 2017 23:41 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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The Bogotá downtown.
A colorful photographs, like the country.
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“Guarapo” seller with uniform. |
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Juice sellers. Tangerine and fruit salad. |
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The Bogotá downtown: different kind of street fruit salads and lots of pineapple, papaya, mango, watermelon, etc… |
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With the three huge green fruits we can see, called “guanábana”, he prepares the white juice. The purple one I don´t know, but I imagine perhaps the best is not investigate. |
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Te invasión of the sidewalk is permanent. But tangerine juice, in my opinión, is one of the greatest attractives you can find in Colombia. It´s really fine. |
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The life is always in the street. Lots of street barbecue meat and potatoes. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 09, 2017 03:54 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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franjungle wrote: | I hope you enjoy. | I did - thanks for those impressions from your country :-)
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Apr 09, 2017 15:24 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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Hi Tobi.
Thanks for your words, and everybody say “like”.
I´m sorry, the last watermelon picture was taken in Medellín, not in Bogotá. But you already find the same fruit in Bogotá.
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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, founder of Bogotá in 1,538. |
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Jiménez de Quesada Avenue in Bogotá: All the people in this sidewalk have emeralds crystals (in Colombia called “canutillos”) in their pockets. Same of the samples are really large and awesome. I could see these. |
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Another view. You can almost see the emeralds… |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Apr 09, 2017 22:38 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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Other inputs of the surroundings of Carrera 7ª.
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“Rica Lechona”: Rich pork. Looks amazing but this man takes a full roast pork in his car. He parks in a perpendicular street to Carrera 7ª at height of the 18 St, and sells the roast with rice. |
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The culonas ants. Pride of Santander. Do you want a little appetizer with a cool beer or a tangerine juice?? |
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Apr 10, 2017 10:30 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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Hi Franjungle, is there a reason why the dealer's faces at the emerald market has been dulled or am I imagining things? (Jimenez de Quesada emeralds 1.jpg)
_________________ Pierre Joubert
'The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace. ' |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Apr 10, 2017 12:18 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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Hellow Pierre.
There are two pictures directly taken of "Google Maps - Street View", in order you can see better this corner and its hustle, because my previous photos 85 and 86 are made a Sunday and there are few people.
And Street View erase the faces of people they take accidentally. Forgive the confusión.
Firmo.
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Apr 10, 2017 12:40 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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franjungle wrote: | Hellow Pierre.
There are two pictures directly taken of "Google Maps - Street View", in order you can see better this corner and its hustle, because my previous photos 85 and 86 are made a Sunday and there are few people.
And Street View erase the faces of people they take accidentally. Forgive the confusión.
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No problem. Please just give Google Maps or other photographers credit for their photos in future. Are all the other photos yours?
_________________ Pierre Joubert
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Apr 10, 2017 12:47 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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I apologize, I see the Google logos on the 2 photos.
_________________ Pierre Joubert
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Apr 11, 2017 13:11 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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Hi.
Thank´s Pierre, is not necessary please.
We´re off on a trip soon.
Before we go up to Monserrate Hill to explain a curiosity.
On the top of the oriental hills of Bogota D.C. there is located Monserrate's Sanctuary. It receives this name in honor to "Our Lady of Monserrat" who is in a mount near Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain.
The image of Our Lady of Monserrate, donated to Bogota for the Benedictine monks of Monserrat's Abbey, is a reply of the one that is venerated in that Sanctuary.
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To Monserrate Hill. Founded in 1.640. In cableway or funicular raylways.... |
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Or walking step by step. In Holyweek many colombians going up by the stairs. |
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A “very bogotano day” and The Andes with many clouds. |
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A clear day you can almost see all city of Bogotá. But the clouds are ususally protagonist in this humid hills. |
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It began about 1.640 as a hermitage in honor of The Virgin. |
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The main altar with the image of the Fallen Lord protected of works. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Apr 11, 2017 22:36 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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We continue.
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Our Lady of Monserrate in her chapel. |
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Our Lady of Monserrat is the patron saint of Catalonia. Here we see next to the flag of Catalonia. |
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The Monserrate´s tourist market. |
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On the Monserrate´s tourist market is obligatory to prove a warm natural coca tea. Is a very advisable drink to fight against height and cold. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Apr 12, 2017 13:34 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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We´re currently in the Holy Week, and Monserrate has one very agreeable Via Crucis and differently from the rest that I know. This fills with people during this week.
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The Via Crucis (the Way of the Cross). |
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Statio XIII: Jesus is taken down from the cross. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Apr 12, 2017 23:06 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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More.
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The fog gets hold of Monserrate. |
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This is a restaurant with nice Bogota´s overview. |
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A heavy fog advances quickly. |
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In the cableway to go down. |
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“You are at 3.170 m above the level sea”. |
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In the hill you breath an extreme peace. You cann´t imagine there is a city of more than eight million inhabitants below. But we already go down to the gigantic city of Bogotá. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Apr 14, 2017 13:46 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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The way forward.
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A view of Google Earth: location map. |
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A view of Google Maps: the journey to Zipaquirá from Bolivar Square. |
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Posted: Apr 15, 2017 00:04 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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Zipaquirá.
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Arrival at Zipaquirá´s Cathedral. The Miner´s Square receives us. |
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A big sculpture of a miner. |
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Honoring to the miners of the salt. |
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Here we see his effort and the old lamp. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Apr 15, 2017 16:10 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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Zipaquirá.
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A helping colombian hand. |
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This must be the valve that was opened where the sea dried up that left here all this salt. |
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Posted: Apr 16, 2017 13:44 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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“Dear visitor: Forbidden the entry of weapons”.
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Entrance to the cathedral. |
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“Wellcome to Zipaquirá. City of the Salt Cathedral. Fisrt Colombia´s Touristic Wonder”. Entry recommendations. The best everything is they forbide to enter weapons, common these lands. “Dear visitor: Forbidden the entry of firearms.” |
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In a bar restaurant: Don´t smoke. Don´t sell liquor to underage… And of course: No weapons. |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2017 14:43 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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The map.
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The mine´s map. The stations of the Via Crucis are marked by Roman numbers. The big empty chambers of salt estimate after the stations 5, 7, 9 and 11. Of every chamber they have extracted 30.000 tons of salt. |
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The entry of the tunnel to base trunks of tree and Swiss metalic arches. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Apr 17, 2017 20:13 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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Large amounts of sodium everywhere. Then we just took the first picture at the end of the tour: The Central Ship or Ship of the Nártex.
Here is the biggest salt cross of the world which is a great mystery to recognize for an optical illusion.
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The cross of the nártex in the central ship. |
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Posted: Apr 18, 2017 13:04 Post subject: Re: The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira |
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The Central constructed Ship 180 meters under the salt mountain, this one supported by four immense columns that symbolize Four Evangelists, props of the christens faith.
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The amethyst central ship. |
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Sculpted angel blowing horn. |
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