Everything about Pasca totally explained
Pasca is a town and municipality in the
Cundinamarca department of
Colombia located over the
Andes mountains. It belongs to the Sumapaz province.
Name
Pasca in the
chibchan language means
father's fence, according to Acosta Ortegón.
Tourism
The famous
Muiscan golden boat, representing the ritual of
El Dorado, was found in Pasca. The boat is now part of the
Gold Museum collection in
Bogotá.
The town contains an
archaeological museum and a natural history museum.
History
By
pre-columbian times, this was the last village to the south of the plains in the mountains where starts the valley of the
Sutagao tribe. These lands were explored in 1537 by captain Juan de Céspedes when he was looking for the
Panche tribes. In early 1539 the conquistador Nicolás de Federmán arrived in Pasca, where he waited until
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada authorized him to move forward.
Famous pasqueños
The Colombian poet and politician
Adolfo León Gómez was born in Pasca and his grandmother, poet
Josefa Acevedo de Gomez, lived and wrote her work here.
The famous native woman
Zoratama also lived in Pasca.
Further Information
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