Bogota 1

Plaza de Bolivar

This is the main square of Bogota, the heart of the historic district.

Plaza church

Circling the square ? is the Cathedral Primada above (interior shot below), the mayor’s building, the nation’s capital building , and their Supreme Court. Pretty heavy stuff in one spot.

View from the church – Mayor’s building on the right, capital building on the left. Borrowed photo.
The Supreme Court, covered with screens for the projected holiday extravaganza put on nightly the week before Christmas.

In the photo above, note what looks like a white column on the top of the distant hillside. That is a Monserrate Peak, which we climbed – slowly. Remember- we’re at 8800′.