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Description
Built between 1565 and 1598 and restored in the late 19C, the Basílica Metropolitana de Santiago el Mayor de España has a composite ochre stone façade. Once you have stepped through the neo-Renaissance entrance portal, you come into an interior, the plainness of which offsets the elaborate main retable (17C). The cathedral boasts works by G Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos and Baroque altars in the side chapels. A sculpted marble tomb is the final resting place of the founder of Tunja, Gonzalo Suárez Rendón.
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Things to see and donearby
- The Green Guide41 m - Carrera 9, n° 19-56, Tunja
- The Green Guide72 m - Tunja
- The Green Guide91 m - Calle 20, n° 8-52, Tunja
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Where to sleepnearby
- From COP85,000Hotel Alicante114 m - Cra. 8 No 19 – 15, Tunja
- From COP50,000Hotel El Cid Plaza Premium173 m - Carrera 10 # 20-78, Tunja
- From COP123,201Hotel San Ignacio Plaza214 m - Calle 18 # 10 - 51, Tunja
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