
Monserrate
Sign in to saveMonserrate (; named after Catalan homonym mountain Montserrat) is a mountain over high that overlooks the city center of Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia. It rises to above the sea level, where there is a church (built in the 17th century) with a shrine, devoted to El Señor Caído ("The Fallen Lord").
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Monserrate
- Mountain.photo
- 2017 Bogotá Basílica del Señor Caído de Monserrate.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 275px
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3152
- Mountain.range
- Eastern HillsAltiplano CundiboyacenseEastern RangesAndes
- Mountain.country
- Colombia
- Mountain.settlement_type
- City
- Mountain.settlement
- Bogotá
- Mountain.map
- Colombia Bogotá
- Mountain.map_alt
- Monserrate is located in the Eastern Hills of Bogotá
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location within Bogotá
- Mountain.map_size
- 170px
- Mountain.label_position
- left
- Mountain.first_ascent
- Pre-Columbian era
- Mountain.easiest_route
- FunicularTeleférico de MonserratePilgrimage trail
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Named after
- Montserrat
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Bogotá
- Continent
- Americas
- Elevation
- 3152
- Material used
- sedimentary rock
- Image
- 2017 Bogotá Basílica del Señor Caído de Monserrate.jpg
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- Monserrate
- mountain range
- Cordillera Oriental
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Pre-Columbian era
- Colonial period
- Tourism
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Monserrate (; named after Catalan homonym mountain Montserrat) is a mountain over high that overlooks the city center of Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia. It rises to above the sea level, where there is a church (built in the 17th century) with a shrine, devoted to El Señor Caído ("The Fallen Lord").
The Mountain, already considered sacred in pre-Columbian times when the area was inhabited by the indigenous Muisca, is a pilgrim destination, as well as a major tourist attraction. In addition to the church, the summit contains restaurants, cafeteria, souvenir shops and many smaller tourist facilities. Monserrate can be accessed by aerial tramway (a cable car known as the teleférico), by funicular, or by climbing, the preferred way of pilgrims. The climbing route was previously closed due to wildfires and landslides caused by a drought, but it reopened in 2017.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monserrate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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