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PLACES TO VISIT

The  large house of the Rural Club “El Bosque: ( 5 minutes by car from  Silvania): It is a colonial House built in 1827, social headquarters of the Rural Club. It was part of the large farm  “El Chocho”.  That house  was reconstructed in the 1906, remodelled in 1975.  Its decoration is of great stile  and surrounded by beautiful trees like  chicalaes, hobos, rubber. Etc. It is posible to enter  paying a fixed rate per day.

The Hill of “Peñas Blancas”, settlement San José : sacred hill for the aboriginal Sutagaos, around traces have been found. 

*Camino Real of Subia: To arrive it’s possible to take from the main road  in Subia, passing  by the “Mirador” farm: along the path there is a fence in stone that exists since the natives period, walking we arrives at the Great Slab stone of Subia. 

*Ancient rocky art of Subia

Location: Settlement of Subia Pedregal,  Farm  “El Mirador”, private property, 5 minutes in car and 25 minutes on foot from main street.

Characteristic: Behind the house, inside a rocky shelter the are native’s  hand  and a foot engraved on the rock, in another stone set against the house you can observe spirals, triangles, frogs, human figures, also two circles united by a line.  It is possible to observe a basin carved in stone, that could be a stone of sacrifices. 

ECOTURISM PLACES TO VISIT

*Echo park “Punto Verde” (in the High way,  urban area in Fusagasuga. 5 minute by car fron Silvania.

Restaurant and Organic processes demonstration, , how to  obtain  humus , recycling  trash, rabbits, chickens, ducks. 

Kenga  Botanical garden (in the Setlement “La Victoria”   Exotic gardens, orchids, bromelias, heliconias,   palm trees etc.  There is a  House-  museum which inside has  sculptures., paintings, antiquities, art in iron.  It is possible to do  ecological walks.

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WICKERWORK CRAFTS

*Animal elaborate in wickerwork. of great creativity (horses, tortoises, roosters etc.) 

They can be acquired in the different shops crafts along the high way. 

*Cages in wickerwork; elaborated with exhaustiveness, creativity and good finished. 

They can be acquired in the different shops crafts along the high way. 

CRAFTS IN WOOD

* boats  and carriages . elaborated  in wood and fabric, there are done in a  in a meticulous way

They can be acquired in the different shops crafts along the high way. 

*Bags: elaborate in pine wood , fabric, leather, wire with hand painted accessories. 

They can be bought in « ART AND FOLKLOR ».  Km.  83, Cel: 300866720.  Artisan Jairo López