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A groundbreaking ceremony for the Columbia South Carolina Temple was held on December 5, 1998. [1] Before its dedication, about 20,000 people toured the temple during an open house. The temple was dedicated on October 15–16, 1999 by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley .
Ground was broken for the Bogotá Colombia Temple on June 26, 1993, by William R. Bradford. [1] Fifteen years passed from the time the announcement of the Bogotá Colombia Temple in 1984 to its dedication in 1999. The temple was dedicated on April 24, 1999, by LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley. [2]
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The temple was announced concurrently with the Durban South Africa, Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo, Star Valley Wyoming, and Provo City Center temples. [5] When announced, this increased the total number of temples worldwide to 166 and, along with the temple in Bogotá , is the second in Colombia.
Chiribiquete National Park – "The Maloca of the Jaguar" was added to the list in 2018 as Colombia's most recent inscription. [3] Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System, is a transnational site and is shared with five other countries. Colombia has a further 13 sites on its tentative list. The country has served on the World Heritage Committee three ...
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
In English "temple" is the normal term for them. The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the site where the First Temple of Solomon and the Second Temple were built. At the center of the structure was the Holy of Holies where only the High Priest could enter. The Temple Mount is now the site of the Islamic edifice, the Dome of the Rock (c. 690 CE).
The Vancouver British Columbia Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.The intent to build the temple was announced on May 25, 2006, by the First Presidency (which then consisted of Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson, and James E. Faust) in letters to local church leadership. [4]