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Archaeological sites in Colombia are numerous and diverse, including findings and archaeological excavations that have taken place in the area now covered by the Republic of Colombia. The archaeological finds and features cover all periods since the paleolithic , representing different aspects of the various cultures of ancient precolumbian ...
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 ...
The San Agustín Archaeological Park (Spanish: Parque Arqueológico de San Agustín) is a large archaeological area located near the town of San Agustín in Huila Department in Colombia. The park contains the largest collection of religious monuments and megalithic sculptures in Latin America and is considered the world's largest necropolis .
Ciudad Perdida (Spanish for "lost city"; also known as Teyuna and Buritaca-200 [1]) is the archaeological site of an ancient city in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia, within the jurisdiction of the municipality of Santa Marta. This city is believed to have been founded about 800 AD.
Tulcán Hill) is an Indigenous pyramid [1] in Popayán, Colombia. [2] The pyramid was constructed in the pre-Columbian period, approximately between 1600–500 BCE; the period which is now known as "Late Chieftain Societies". On this pyramid a statue dedicated to the Conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar existed from 1937 to 2020. [3]
The culture is situated in a mountainous region in southern Colombia at the base of the Colombian Massif. The region consists of undulating hills and inclined planes that descend into narrow and deep canyons. In the area of San Agustín, the rugged landscape creates a succession of climates. Páramo de las Papas in the Colombian Massif
Postcard showing ruins of the Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali, ca. 1900. The Great Mosque of Djenne fell into disrepair after the conquest of Djenne by Seku Amadu in 1818. It was rebuilt in 1907. Parts of the World Heritage Site of Timbuktu were destroyed after the Battle of Gao in 2012, despite condemnation by UNESCO, the OIC, Mali, and France.
Castle of San Fernando de Bocachica, built over the ruins of the old castle Blueprint of the first Castle, the San Luis de Bocachica in Cartagena de Indias Aerial view of the castle. The Castle of San Luis de Bocachica, also called Fort St. Louis, [1] was a military fortress that defended Cartagena, Colombia. The Spanish built it in the 17th ...