City Sights - Bogota

Monserrate

About how tall is Mount Monserrate?

10,000 feet

Mount Monserrate gets its name from a sanctuary in which country?

Spain 

The cable car ride up to Mount Monserrate takes around how many minutes?

4

The church on Mount Monserrate was built to honor who?

Virgin Morena

The walking paths up to Mount Monserrate were closed for a short time until 2017 for what reason?

Drought

What did the indigenous inhabitants call Mount Monserrate?

Grandmother’s foot

What group in the 1620s used Mount Monserrate for religious celebrations?

Vera Cruz

What indigenous group once inhabited Mount Monserrate?

Muiscas

What is built on top of Mount Monserrate?

A church

What is traditionally Mount Monserrate’s busiest day?

Sunday

Which mode of transportation can’t be used to access Mount Monserrate?

Automobile

Which of these is a direct neighbor to Mount Monserrate?

Guadalupe

Which of these is a restaurant on Mount Monserrate?

Casa San Isidro

Why did the Muisca consider Mount Monserrate to be sacred?

The sun rose behind it

Plaza de Bolivar

A statue of who is located in Plaza de Bolivar?

Simon Bolivar

In what year did Plaza de Bolivar become an official national monument?

1995

The Plaza de Bolivar exists in what locality of Bogota?

La Candelaria

The Primary Cathedral of Bogota holds the remains of Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesado. What relevance did he have to Bogota?

He was its founder

What building is located on the north side of Plaza de Bolivar?

Palace of Justice

What style of architecture does the Plaza de Bolivar possess?

Neoclassical

What was once located where Plaza de Bolivar now exists?

Pillory

What was Plaza de Bolivar once called?

Plaza Mayor

When was Plaza de Bolivar inaugurated?

1846

Which building on the Plaza de Bolivar is the seat of Bogota’s mayor?

Lievano Palace

Which building on the Plaza de Bolivar was set on fire after the murder of Jorge Gaitan in 1948?

Palace of Justice

Who created the statue that stands in Plaza de Bolivar?

Pietro Tenerani

Gold Museum

Around how many pieces are housed in the Gold Museum?

55,000

Around how many visitors does the Gold Museum see yearly?

500,000

In what year was the Gold Museum established?

1939

The Gold Museum is free to explore on what day?

Sunday

To commemorate the myth of El Dorado, the Gold Museum houses a gold what?

Raft

What architecture style does the Gold Museum possess?

Modern

What sort of metal, consisting of gold and copper, was given by the Spanish Conquistadors, and can be found in the Gold Museum?

Tumbaga

What was the first artifact to be displayed at the Gold Museum?

Poporo Quimbaya

Where was the Muisca golden raft found?

Pasca

Which of these cultures does not have a hall in the Gold Museum?

Manezo

Which of these is not an exhibit at the Gold Museum?

The Excavation

Who was the architect of the Gold Museum itself?

Germán Samper Gnecco