Villa de Leiva, Republic of Colombia

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Villa de Leiva, Republic of Colombia, is a well-preserved colonial town in central Colombia renowned for its historic architecture and large cobblestone plaza.

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Label Occurrences
Villa de Leiva, Republic of Colombia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
climateType cool mountain climate ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
distanceFrom about 160 km from Bogotá ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 2144 m ⓘ
foundedBy Hernán Suárez de Villalobos ⓘ
foundedOnDate 1572-06-12 ⓘ
governingBody Municipal government of Villa de Leyva ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Villa de Leiva ⓘ
linked to: Villa de Leyva
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFestival Festival de Astronomía ⓘ
Festival de Luces ⓘ
Festival del Viento y las Cometas ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Iguaque Flora and Fauna Sanctuary ⓘ
Iguaque Lake ⓘ
Ráquira ⓘ
hasNotableFeature Casa de Nariño ⓘ
Casa del Cabildo ⓘ
El Infiernito archaeological site ⓘ
Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Rosario ⓘ
Museo del Fósil ⓘ
Paleontological Research Center ⓘ
Plaza Mayor de Villa de Leyva ⓘ
cobblestone streets ⓘ
nearby desert landscapes ⓘ
whitewashed colonial houses ⓘ
hasOfficialName Villa de Leyva ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic small-town population size ⓘ
heritageDesignationGrantedInYear 1954 ⓘ
heritageStatus National Monument of Colombia ⓘ
knownFor large cobblestone main plaza ⓘ
well-preserved colonial architecture ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Alto Ricaurte Province ⓘ
linked to: Ricaurte Province

Andean region of Colombia ⓘ
Boyacá Department ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central Colombia ⓘ
linked to: central Colombia
partOf Republic of Colombia ⓘ
linked to: Colombia
religionHistoricallyAssociated Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timeZone Colombia Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: America/Bogota
tourismType cultural tourism destination ⓘ
heritage tourism destination ⓘ
urbanPlanningStyle Spanish colonial grid layout ⓘ
utcOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antonio Nariño → deathPlace → Villa de Leiva, Republic of Colombia ⓘ