Ruins of a lost city, place that conserves some of the
mining constructions of the XVII century. I carry to an extreme of one of the
tunnels for where the gold was transported from the mountains of the
municipality of Falan, until the center of Ladybug where they coined the
mineral. Located in the imposing canyon of the river Morales, to so alone 40 minutes
of the urban helmet, inmerso among the nature, adorns It horseshoe roads, as
well as brick tunnels, used for the extraction of minerals and walls of 2 and 4
meters high, for 300 meters long, built in carefully carved flagstone, are
conserved great variety of constructions of the time among which we highlight:
housings or deposits, rudimentary tunnels for extraction of minerals, built
tunnels carefully in brick.
The house of the Recruiting, a construction is
also conserved made in flagstone, similar to a safe, where the Spaniards kept
their valuable objects zealously. But this it is alone a part of the history
that contains this mine that was administered by José Celestino Mutis during 10
years, the priest, botanist and mathematical that directed the Expedition Mutis
for the New Kingdom of Granada. "The vestiges of the mine are a wonderful
work, hidden amid the vegetation. Without a doubt, it is a historical and
cultural patrimony of the country that deserves to be conserved", he
affirms Germán Sánchez, secretary of Tourism of the Tolima who adds that the
ruins were included in the journey of the Expedition Mutis.
More Information: http://www.falan-tolima.gov.co/galeriafotos.shtml
Autora: Yenly Astrid Moreno C.
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