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Edit history of Popayan

By hughwarrington on Feb 20, 2009, 13:46. Reason: Link to other page

Name: Popayan
Region: Tierradentro and San Agustin region
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Popayan is a very beautiful colonial town in the south of Colombia with white-washed houses and beautiful streets. As a university town, Popayan has a very youthful feel to it and it's classy coffee houses are famous in the southern region. The main square in town (Parque Caldas) is a tribute to the most famous resident, Francisco Caldas who discovered how to determine altitude from boiling water. The "torre reloj" which faces the square is one of the finest clock towers in the country....the tower itself designed by Caldas himself and the mechanism brought over from England.

What really puts Popayan on the map however is the Easter celebrations (or Semana Santa) which are the second biggest in the world (after Seville, Spain)

Relatively closeby are Tierra Dentro (6 hours by bus) and San Agustín (8 hours by bus), two other great places to explore.

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By Peter (Moderator) (Dev team) on Nov 18, 2008, 07:55. Reason: gaybars

Name: Popayan
Region: Tierradentro and San Agustin region
Telcode:
Population:
Elevation:
Temperature:
Description:

Popayan is a very beautiful colonial town in the south of Colombia with white-washed houses and beautiful streets. As a university town, Popayan has a very youthful feel to it and it's classy coffee houses are famous in the southern region. The main square in town (Parque Caldas) is a tribute to the most famous resident, Francisco Caldas who discovered how to determine altitude from boiling water. The "torre reloj" which faces the square is one of the finest clock towers in the country....the tower itself designed by Caldas himself and the mechanism brought over from England.

What really puts Popayan on the map however is the Easter celebrations (or Semana Santa) which are the second biggest in the world (after Seville, Spain)

Relatively closeby are Tierra Dentro (6 hours by bus) and San Agustin (8 hours by bus), two other great places to explore.

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By Peter (Moderator) (Dev team) on May 28, 2008, 09:15. Reason: New place created.

Name: Popayan
Region: Tierradentro and San Agustin region
Telcode:
Population:
Elevation:
Temperature:
Description:

Popayan is a very beautiful colonial town in the south of Colombia with white-washed houses and beautiful streets. As a university town, Popayan has a very youthful feel to it and it's classy coffee houses are famous in the southern region. The main square in town (Parque Caldas) is a tribute to the most famous resident, Francisco Caldas who discovered how to determine altitude from boiling water. The "torre reloj" which faces the square is one of the finest clock towers in the country....the tower itself designed by Caldas himself and the mechanism brought over from England.

What really puts Popayan on the map however is the Easter celebrations (or Semana Santa) which are the second biggest in the world (after Seville, Spain)

Relatively closeby are Tierra Dentro (6 hours by bus) and San Agustin (8 hours by bus), two other great places to explore.

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