Tag: Colombia
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Botero Museum – Bogotá, Colombia
This museum is housed in a colonial mansion in old town Bogotá, Colombia, and is best known for its robust collection of Colombian artist Fernando Botero’s works. It also presents pieces by other worldwide know artists such as Dalí, Chagall, and de Kooning. I visited this museum for the first time about ten years ago,…
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The Gold Museum – Bogotá, Colombia
The Gold Museum is located in the heart of Bogotá, Colombia. While I had already visited this museum a couple of times in the past, I had a chance to go through it again in October 2022, since we visited it with a group of graduate students enrolled in a Global Field Seminar I lectured…
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Zipaquirá, the Salt Cathedral. Zipaquirá, Colombia
Zipaquira, which is usually described as Colombia’s Salt Cathedral, is located about 600 feet underground in a former salt mine located in Zipaquirá, just outside Bogotá. I visited this place for the first time several years ago and had a chance to make a brief visit again in October 2022, while taking a group of…
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