Tequendama (other)

	Tequendama (other) Tequendama may refer to: * Tequendama, archaeological site in Cundinamarca, one of the oldest in Colombia * Tequendama Falls, a waterfall close to this site * Tequendama Falls Museum, the museum at the waterfall * Tequendama mine, emerald mine in the Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá * Tequendama Province, a province of the department of Cundinamarca * San Antonio del Tequendama, a municipality in the Tequendama Province * Hotel Tequendama, a hotel in the Colombian capital Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ... {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tequendama Tequendama is a preceramic and ceramic archaeological site located southeast of Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colombia, a couple of kilometers east of Tequendama Falls. It consists of multiple evidences of late Pleistocene to middle Holocene population of the Bogotá savanna, the high plateau in the Colombian Andes. Tequendama was inhabited from around 11,000 years BP, and continuing into the prehistorical, Herrera and Muisca periods, making it the oldest site of Colombia, together with El Abra, located north of Zipaquirá.Nivel Paleoindio. Abrigos rocosos del Tequendama Younger evidences also from the Herrera Period have been found close to the site of Tequendama in Soacha, at the construction site of a new electrical plant. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tequendama Falls The Tequendama Falls () is a high waterfall of the Bogotá River, located southwest of Bogotá in the municipality of Soacha. Established in approximately 10,000 BCE, El Abra and Tequendama were the first permanent settlements in Colombia. One of the country's tourist attractions, the falls are located in a forested area west of Bogotá. The river surges through a rocky gorge that narrows to about at the brink of the high falls. During the month of December the falls become completely dry. The falls, once a common site for suicides, may be reached by road from Bogotá. Muisca origin The name ''Tequendama'' means in Chibcha: "he who precipitated downward". According to the Muisca religion, the waterfall was created by the legendary hero Bochica, who used his staff to break the rock and release the water that covered the Bogotá savanna. According to another legend, during the Spanish conquest and evangelization of the Americas, in order to escape the new colonial order in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tequendama Falls Museum The Tequendama Falls Museum of Biodiversity and Culture (Spanish: ''Casa Museo Salto de Tequendama Biodiversidad y Cultura'') is a museum and mansion in San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia. The museum overlooks Tequendama Falls on the Bogotá River. Before renovation, the building was an abandoned hotel, known as the Tequendama Falls Hotel (''La Casa del Salto del Tequendama''). Etymology The name ''Tequendama'' means in the Chibcha language of the Muisca people "he who precipitated downward". History Mansion In 1923, the building was constructed as a mansion by the architect Carlos Arturo Tapias, as a symbol of the joy and elegance of the elite citizens of the 20s. "The Mansion of Tequendama Falls", as the house was called, was built during the presidency of Pedro Nel Ospina (1922-1926). The Tequendama Falls Hotel was reached by train from Bogotá. Hotel The building functioned as a hotel from 1928 until its abandonment in the early 90s for more than two decades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tequendama Mine Tequendama is a preceramic and ceramic archaeological site located southeast of Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colombia, a couple of kilometers east of Tequendama Falls. It consists of multiple evidences of late Pleistocene to middle Holocene population of the Bogotá savanna, the high plateau in the Colombian Andes. Tequendama was inhabited from around 11,000 years BP, and continuing into the prehistorical, Herrera and Muisca periods, making it the oldest site of Colombia, together with El Abra, located north of Zipaquirá.Nivel Paleoindio. Abrigos rocosos del Tequendama Younger evidences also from the Herrera Period have been found close to the site of Tequendama in Soacha, at the construction site of a new electrical plant. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tequendama Province Tequendama Province is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Etymology The name ''Tequendama'' means in the Chibcha language of the Muisca; "he who precipitates downward". Subdivision Tequendama Province comprises ten municipalities: * San Antonio del Tequendama * Anapoima * Anolaima * Apulo * Cachipay * El Colegio * La Mesa * Quipile * Tena * Viotá References Panorama Provinces of Cundinamarca Department Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ... {{Cundinamarca-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	San Antonio Del Tequendama San Antonio del Tequendama is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Tequendama Province part of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality is located along the ''Serranía de Subía'' in the Tena Valley and borders Tena and Bojacá in the north, Bojacá and Soacha in the east, La Mesa and El Colegio in the west and in the south Soacha and Granada. Etymology The name ''Tequendama'' means in the Muysccubun, the language of the Muisca: "he who precipitated downward". History This municipality was formed on the site of Cubsió, a place of reunion of the Muisca originally from Bojacá and Serrezuela. Cubsió was already populated by indigenous peoples from the Herrera Period with the oldest evidence dated at 1865 years BP (2nd century AD) of a site a few meters from the current course of the Bogotá River. Around 1470 the terrains of San Antonio de Tequendama were ruled by the '' cacique'' of Fusagasugá, who fought with the Panche against Saguamanchica in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hotel Tequendama Hotel Tequendama & Centro de Convenciones (Convention Center) is an historic hotel in Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia. It is located in the San Diego, Bogotá, San Diego neighborhood of the town of Santa Fe, Bogotá, Santa Fe at the intersection of Tenth Avenue and Twenty-Sixth Avenue. The hotel, designed by Holabird & Root, John Burgee, and the Colombian architectural firm Cuéllar Serrano Gómez, was constructed between 1950 and 1951. Between 1967 and 1970, the hotel was expanded to double its original size. History The Hotel Tequendama occupies the grounds of the former San Diego cloister, the Escuela Superior de Guerra (Colombia), Superior School of War, the José María Córdova Military School, Military School and the Ministry of National Defense (Colombia), Ministry of Defense. The hotel was the first building constructed in the Centro Internacional Tequendama complex. Its construction took place within the framework of the expansion of Tenth Avenue. When first constructed, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]