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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. [1] Before renovation, the building was an abandoned hotel, known as the Tequendama Falls Hotel (La ...
The Tequendama Falls (Spanish: Salto del Tequendama) is a 132 metres (433 ft) high waterfall of the Bogotá River, located 32 kilometres (20 mi) southwest of Bogotá in the municipality of Soacha. Named after the adjacent settlement of Tequendama , it holds historical significance as one of Colombia's earliest permanent settlements. [ 1 ]
Map of the Bogotá River, Tequendama is situated on the right bank between Soacha and Tequendama Falls. During the time before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, the central highlands of the Colombian Andes (Altiplano Cundiboyacense) were populated first by prehistorical indigenous groups, then by people from the Herrera Period, and finally by the Muisca.
File:Frederic Edwin Church - The Falls of the Tequendama near Bogota, New Granada - Google Art Project.jpg Licensing This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art.
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
Location of Falls County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Falls County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Falls County, Texas. There are one district and one individual property listed on the National ...
It is considered a cultural tourist site in Antioquia and is named after Tequendama Falls, another Colombian waterfall located in the department of Cundinamarca. Tequendamita has a jump of 20 meters in height [2] and its source is a stream in the village Chuscala Don Diego. The waterfall is surrounded by many attractions, restaurants, and ...
The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a 90,788-acre (367.41 km 2) [2] National Wildlife Refuge located in the Lower Rio Grande Valley region of southern Texas. It is along the northern banks and reaches of the Lower Rio Grande, north of the Mexico—United States international border.