Places in La Candelaria
Historic, bohemian, artistic, popular, La Candelaria and its surroundings are full of interesting, colorful places to explore.
Plazas
La Plaza del Chorro – Where Bogotá was founded in 1538.
Chorro Plaza, where Bogotá was founded in 1538.
La Plaza Bolívar – Colombia’s seat of government.
Playing with the pigeons in Plaza Bolivar. In the background is the Justice Palace.
Plaza del Periodista
Plaza del Periodista, or Journalists' Plaza, where the El Espectador newspaper's office was once located.
Photographing emeralds on the corner.
Photographing emeralds on the corner.
Jimenez and Seventh Avenues
Here, you’ll see a crowd of men standing, talking staring at sheets of paper and holding up green stones to study them against the light. Colombia is the world’s biggest emerald producer, and these men are trading the stones.
Streets and Avenues
Avenida Jimenez
The graceful, tree lined Avenida Jimenez forms the northern border of La Candelaria. Named after the Spaniard who founded Bogotá, La Jimenez used to be an ugly, crowded thoroughfare, until Mayor Enrique Peñalosa turned much of it into an exclusive route for the Transmilenio buses.
La Calle Real
Avenida Septima (Seventh Ave.)
Ave. Septima is probably Bogotá’s most important thoroughfare, because it passes Plaza Bolivar and the Casa de Nariño (the presidential palace), the Emerald District, many plazas, Independence Park and the National Park.
Markets
In and near La Candelaria you’ll discover several traditional fruit markets: Mercado de la Concordia, which has seen better days, the Mercado de Egipto, which has a great selection of fruits and a sweeping view, but requires an uphill hike, and the further Mercado de las Nieves.
Parks
Parque Tercer Milenio (Third Millenium Park) is one of Bogotá’s newest parks, created over what had been a notorious slum.
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Parque de la Concordia is a small, hilly park in La Candelaria’s Concordia section.
Places near La Candelaria
Plaza San Victorino - Downtown’s popular shopping area.
Some have compared San Victorino Plaza to New York's Times Square. But llamas? San Victorino is Bogotá's popular shoppoing plaza.
Caricaturists’ Street
Train Station of the Savannah
The historic but almost empty train station
The historic but almost empty train station
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