Colombia Flash Cards

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La catedral de sal

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The salt cathedral, made in an underground salt mine.

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El río de cinco colores

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The 5 colored river/Rainbow river

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El museo de oro

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The gold museum

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El jardín botánico de Bogotá

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The botanical garden of Bogotá, contains every plant in Colombia.

Including a giant water lily pad

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Simón Bolívar

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War hero from Venezuela who, during the Spanish Revolution, kicked Spain out of the northern part of South America

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La Plaza

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A central meeting area. All cities owned by Spain were required by law to have them.

The Plaza Bolívar contains a statue of Simón Bolívar along with various government buildings.

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Fernando Botero

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A famous colombian artist from Medellín (a city that is 2 hours away from Bogotá from plane, 9hrs by car).

Known for Boterismo

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Boterismo

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A style of art made by Fernando BOTERO where the artwork contains fat people and strange backgrounds.

(The people look like loaves of freshly braked bread)

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Gabriel García Márquez

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The man who wrote one of the most famous books in the world, cien años de soledad (100 years of Solitude)

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"Cien años de Soledad"

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100 years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The third most sold book in the Spanish-speaking world. The first being the Bible, and second being Don Quixote.