Avenida Jiménez is a thoroughfare that runs through the locality of
La Candelaria in
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...
, Colombia. Laid out on the
San Francisco River, the Environmental Axis of the city is currently established there.
It extends over from
Teleférico de Monserrate to
Monserrate,
taking the source of the environmental axis in Carrera 1.ª, going down through the Iglesia de Las Aguas to Carrera 3ª, where it crosses the
Las Aguas TransMilenio
TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Soacha, a neighbouring city. The system opened to the public in December 2000. As of 2024, 12 lines totalling run throughout the city. It is pa ...
station, crossing the city center to the west, to
Avenida Caracas
Avenida Caracas is an arterial road in Bogotá, Colombia that runs through the city from north to south.
The road was inaugurated on 9 December 1932.
Names
The road has four names along its stretch: ''Avenida Caracas'', ''Troncal Caracas'', ...
, where it becomes Avenida Centenario.
History
During the first years of its foundation, the city of Bogotá established the Vicachá river as its northern limit, a
Chibcha
The Muisca (also called the Chibcha) are indigenous peoples in Colombia and were a Pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia, Pre-Columbian culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish colonizati ...
indigenous denomination that means "The glow of the night" , which was later called San Francisco due to the establishment of the
Franciscan
The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent Religious institute, religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor bei ...
convent and the
Church of San Francisco on its right bank on the "Camino de la Sal" in 1550.
Currently the Church of San Francisco is the oldest church in Bogotá. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the ronda del río was the boundary between the parishes of
San Pedro, Nuestra Señora de Las Nieves and San Victorino.
Bridges
In 1551, the first bridge over the San Francisco River was built, known as the San Miguel Bridge, which connected the Church of San Francisco with the rest of the city. This bridge was a wooden construction that was made during the government of the oidor Juan de Montaño. After a few years it was destroyed by the river bed, for which reason in 1602, a new stone bridge was built.
As the city grew, new bridges were built over it.
[Escovar, Alberto; Mariño, Margarita; Peña Iguavita, César (2004), pp.254-257]
References
External links
{{Streets of Bogotá, state=expanded
Streets in Bogotá