Country |
Province State |
Region |
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Description |
Year Taken |
Colombia |
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Popayan |
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Night Easter Procession |
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The procession is candle-lit. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Popayan |
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Night Easter Procession |
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The procession is listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage activity. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Silvia is a Guambiano village in the hills above Popayan at 2520m. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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The village has a Tuesday market. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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The Tuesday market attracts people from neighbouring villages. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Guambiano women wear white pouches or collars over blue shawls. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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A couple at the market. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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The women wear European style hats. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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A group of men. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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The village is famous for its leather goods. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Saddle shop. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Fruit stall. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Outside a shop. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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A group of Guambianos. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Vegetables for sale. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Vegetable seller. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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A group of women. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Waiting by a lorry. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Woman. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Basket stall. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Looking at a book. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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The village square. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Two men. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Guambiano mother and daughter in Silvia market. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Chivas are the local transport linking villages. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Chivas have no doors. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Silvia |
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Full chiva. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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San Andreas de Pisimbala is a small village set in a fertile valley. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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The pretty thatched church is in the village centre. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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The village is home to the Paez people. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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Paez woman. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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A family run guest house. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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Rickety bridge. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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Girl and a mororcycle. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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Typical Paez house with outside oven. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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The hills around the village contain hundreds of underground carved tombs dating from the 1st century. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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The archeological site is scattered over a large area and is called Tierradentro. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 21 |
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On a hill called Segovia are over 100 burial chambers carved from volcanic rock. Tomb 21 is 4.54m deep. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 21 |
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Decorated funerary urn. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 22 |
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Many of the tombs are reached by steep stone steps. This is Tomb 22. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 22 |
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Decorated 1st century funerary urn. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 28 |
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Tomb 28 is 4.25m deep. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 28 |
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Ceramics. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 9 |
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Tomb 9 is 5.35m deep and reached by spiral steps. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 9 |
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The tomb has painted walls and columns. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 9 |
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The 1st century Tomb 9 is one of the most decorated. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 9 |
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Detail of a face on a column. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 9 |
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Painted ceiling. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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Tomb 26 has columns carved from the rock. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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Coffee grows on the side of the road. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 8 |
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Tomb 8 is the deepest (5.93m). |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 8 |
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The tomb has 15 steps and is excavated from solid rock. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 8 |
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The interior. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 10 |
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Tomb 10 is 5.00m deep. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 10 |
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Wall and ceiling paintings. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 10 |
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Earthquake damage. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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Flowers of the convolvolus family. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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A carved and painted tomb on El Duende Hill. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 20 |
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The entrance to Tomb 20. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
Tomb 20 |
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The tomb is carved but not painted. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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Tierradentro is over a wide area of hills and forest. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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The region has many stone carvings above ground. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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Stone statue. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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Tomb at Alto de San Andreas with paintings of frogs. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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Plain urn containing the ashes of tribal elders. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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Coffee beans. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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Red flower (amyrallis). |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
Tierradentro |
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The mountains around Tierradentro. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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Hills around the village. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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Stream through the forest. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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Unusual purple plant. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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Honeysuckle. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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Orchid like yellow flowers. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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Two beetles. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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Pink and white flowers (a type of hydranga) in the hills around the village. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Pisimbala |
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Young ferns. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Magdalena River |
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The Magdalena River near San Agustin. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Magdalena River |
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The Magdalana River is one of the most important in Colombia. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Magdalena River |
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The pretty village of Valencia. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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Magdalena River |
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The valley is very fertile. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
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El Estrecho |
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El Estrecho is a gorge fromed by a tributary of the Magdalena River. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
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El Estrecho |
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The gorge is over 2km wide and near San Agustin. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
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El Estrecho |
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View of rapids. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
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The small town of San Agustin. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
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San Agustin is a busy market town. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
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Traditional life is strong in the town. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
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Chiva, the local transport in Southern Colombia. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
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Man in a chiva. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
Archaeological Park |
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The region around San Agustin is an important archeological site. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
Archaeological Park |
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San Agustin is one of America's most important archeological sites. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
Archaeological Park |
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The site dates from the 6th to 12th centuries and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
Archaeological Park |
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One of the 15 burial sites found at Obando village. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
Archaeological Park |
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Many tombs are close to the main plaza of Obando village. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
Archaeological Park |
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Pottery found at the site. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
Archaeological Park |
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Pottery. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
Archaeological Park |
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Typical San Agustin tomb. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
Archaeological Park |
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A number of tombs were found at Betania Farm in 1995. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
Archaeological Park |
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Sarcophagus with head. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
Archaeological Park |
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Tomb B1 at Alto de los Idolos is a typical structure made of flat stone from 1st to 6th century. |
1995 |
Colombia |
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San Agustin |
Archaeological Park |
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Tomb B2 is guarded by a crocodile type creature. |
1995 |