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Colombia

Traditions present: Catholicism, Islam

Five places written in Colombia. Each carries its history, architecture, site and orientation, festivals, and the way to get there.

Places
5
written
Traditions
2
present
Regions
5
regions, cities
English
5
pages translated
Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá · Cundinamarca · CatholicismPrimatial Cathedral of Bogota · Bogota Capital District (Distrito Capital) · CatholicismMosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, Maicao · La Guajira Department (Maicao Municipality) · IslamLas Lajas Sanctuary · Narino Department (Ipiales Municipality) · CatholicismChurch and Convent of San Pedro Claver, Cartagena · Bolivar Department (Cartagena de Indias) · CatholicismCOLOMBIAN

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Catholicism · Cundinamarca · 1995Salt Cathedral of ZipaquiráCatedral de Sal de Zipaquirá, Catedral de Sal, Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá, Nhà thờ chính tòa Muối

An underground Roman Catholic church carved inside a rock-salt mine 180 meters beneath the Zipaquirá mountain, designed by the architect Roswell Garavito Pearl and inaugurated on December 16, 1995, to replace the miners' earlier salt sanctuary from the 1950s. The descending access tunnel leads visitors past fourteen Stations of the Cross sculpted in halite before opening into three vast naves and an illuminated monumental cross, voted the First Wonder of Colombia in 2007.

Parque de la Sal, Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca (cách Bogotá khoảng 48 km về phía bắc)

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Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Bogota Capital District (Distrito Capital) · Khởi nguồn từ nguyện đường mái tranh đầu tiên ngày 6 tháng 8 năm 1538 thời Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada và Cha Domingo de las Casas; nâng lên hàng nhà thờ chính tòa năm 1562 bởi Đức Giáo hoàng Piô IV; ngôi đại thánh đường thứ tư hiện nay khởi công ngày 11 tháng 2 năm 1807 theo đồ án Tân cổ điển của tu sĩ kiến trúc sư Tây Ban Nha Fray Domingo de Petrés, cung hiến ngày 19 tháng 4 năm 1823 và hoàn thiện hai tháp chuông năm 1943 bởi kiến trúc sư Alfredo Rodríguez OrgazPrimatial Cathedral of BogotaCatedral Basilica Metropolitana de Bogota y Primada de Colombia, Catedral Primada de Colombia, Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception of Bogota

The monumental 5,300-square-meter Neoclassical cathedral basilica anchoring the eastern flank of Plaza de Bolivar at 2,625 meters elevation in the historic La Candelaria district of Bogota, standing on the site of the city's founding Mass of August 6, 1538 and built in its fourth incarnation between 1807 and 1823 to the designs of Spanish Capuchin architect Fray Domingo de Petres as the Primatial See of Colombia and resting place of founder Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada.

Primatial Cathedral of Colombia (Granted by Pope Leo XIII on November 7, 1902), Pontifical Minor Basilica (Granted by Pope Pius X on May 25, 1907), and National Monument of Colombia (Decree 1584 of August 11, 1975)East Side of Plaza de Bolivar, Carrera 7 No. 10-80, La Candelaria Historic Center, Bogota, Republic of Colombia

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Photo: Felipe Restrpo Acosta, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Islam · La Guajira Department (Maicao Municipality) · Khởi công xây dựng năm 1996 và chính thức khánh thành ngày 17 tháng 9 năm 1997 bởi Hiệp hội Hồi giáo Maicao theo đồ án của kiến trúc sư người Iran Ali Namazi và kỹ sư xây dựng Oswaldo Vizcaíno FontalvoMosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, MaicaoMezquita de Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, La Mezquita de Maicao, Grand Mosque of Maicao in La Guajira

The largest mosque in Colombia and one of the most prominent Islamic sanctuaries in Latin America, erected in the Caribbean border city of Maicao on the La Guajira Peninsula by the Arab-Colombian Muslim community and inaugurated on September 17, 1997 to the designs of Iranian architect Ali Namazi, featuring pristine white Italian marble facades, a 31-meter minaret, a grand central dome, and capacity for over 1,000 worshippers beside the Dar El Arkam bilingual school.

Largest Mosque in the Republic of Colombia and One of the Principal Congregational Mosques of Latin AmericaCalle 16 and Carrera 15, Central Maicao, La Guajira Department, Caribbean Region, Republic of Colombia

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Photo: Carlos A. Revelo Ris, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Narino Department (Ipiales Municipality) · Khởi nguồn từ biến cố phép lạ năm 1754 của người mẹ bản địa María Mueses de Quiñones và bé gái câm điếc Rosa; bốn ngôi đền tiền thân dựng năm 1756, 1765, 1796 và 1853; ngôi vương cung thánh đường Tân Gothic bắc cầu qua hẻm vực hiện nay khởi công ngày 1 tháng 1 năm 1916 và hoàn thành ngày 20 tháng 8 năm 1949 theo đồ án của kiến trúc sư J. Gualberto Pérez và Lucindo EspinosaLas Lajas SanctuarySantuario Nacional de Nuestra Senora del Rosario de Las Lajas, Basilica Menor de Nuestra Senora de Las Lajas, Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of Las Lajas in Ipiales

One of the world's most breathtaking Neo-Gothic pilgrimage basilicas rising 100 meters from the floor of the Guaitara River Canyon at 2,900 meters elevation near Ipiales on the Colombia-Ecuador border, constructed between 1916 and 1949 across a 50-meter-high two-arched stone bridge and incorporating the vertical canyon cliff itself as the apse wall framing the miraculous 1754 slate image of Our Lady of the Rosary of Las Lajas.

Pontifical Minor Basilica (Granted by Pope Pius XII on August 30, 1954), Canonically Crowned Marian Image (September 16, 1952), National Cultural Heritage Monument of Colombia (1984 and 2006), and Second of the Seven Wonders of Colombia (2007)Guaitara River Canyon, Corregimiento de Las Lajas, Ipiales Municipality, Narino Department, Southwestern Colombia

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Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Bolivar Department (Cartagena de Indias) · Tu viện Dòng Tên khởi lập năm 1604 dưới tên gọi Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola; nhà thờ bằng đá san hô biển hiện tại được xây dựng từ năm 1695 tới năm 1742 theo thiết kế của kiến trúc sư Dòng Tên người Đức Simón Schenherr; mái vòm lớn bổ sung năm 1921 bởi kiến trúc sư người Pháp Gastón LelargeChurch and Convent of San Pedro Claver, CartagenaSantuario Museo San Pedro Claver, Iglesia y Convento de San Juan de Dios, Sanctuary of the Apostle of the African Slaves in Cartagena de Indias

The historic Jesuit church and three-story cloister convent built of golden marine coral stone inside the UNESCO World Heritage walled city of Cartagena de Indias, founded in 1604 with the present church constructed between 1695 and 1742 by German Jesuit architect Simon Schenherr and crowned with a 1921 dome by Gaston Lelarge, preserving the ascetic cell and high-altar relics of Saint Peter Claver (1580 to 1654), the Apostle of the enslaved Africans and Patron of Human Rights in Colombia.

Part of the Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena (UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1984, Ref. 285) and National Monument of Colombia (Decree 1911 of November 2, 1995)Plaza de San Pedro Claver, Carrera 4 No. 30-01, Walled Historic Center, Cartagena de Indias, Bolivar Department, Republic of Colombia

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Photo: Kamilokardona, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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  • 24/10/2026Completed three major initiatives on the same day: (1) Verified primary international sources and published the remaining 199 full English editions across 192 countries and territories, officially completing Stage D with 100% bilingual Vietnamese and English coverage across the entire library. (2) Visually verified and published 35 openly licensed Wikimedia Commons photographs for 22 sites in Vietnam and 13 international sanctuaries. (3) Authored 100 new bilingual sacred place monographs with real photographs for Stage C across 25 countries and territories (South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Canada and Mexico), expanding each from 1 to 5 places and bringing the library to 761 sacred places.
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