Tequendama Falls Museum
The Tequendama Falls Museum of Biodiversity and Culture is a museum and mansion in San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia. The museum overlooks Tequendama Falls on the Bogotá River.Photo: ArturoAparicio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Colombia
- Also known as: “Hotel Salto del Tequendama” and “Tequendama Falls Museum of Biodiversity and Culture”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tequendama Falls.
Tequendama Falls
Waterfall
The Tequendama Falls is a 132 metres high waterfall of the Bogotá River, located 32 kilometres southwest of Bogotá in the municipality of Soacha. Named after the adjacent settlement of Tequendama, it holds historical significance as one of Colombia's earliest permanent settlements.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Antonio del Tequendama and Hogares Soacha.
San Antonio del Tequendama
Town
San Antonio del Tequendama is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Tequendama Province part of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality is located along the Serranía de Subía in the Tena Valley and borders Tena and Bojacá in the north, Bojacá and Soacha in the east, La Mesa and El Colegio in the west and in the south Soacha and Granada. San Antonio del Tequendama is situated 8 km northwest of Tequendama Falls Museum.
Hogares Soacha
Quarter
Photo: Otwo1983, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hogares Soacha is a quarter, which is situated 8 km east of Tequendama Falls Museum.
Granada
Town
Granada is a Colombian town and municipality in the Cundinamarca Department. Granada is situated 9 km southwest of Tequendama Falls Museum.
Tequendama Falls Museum
- Categories: historic house museum, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Cundinamarca, Andino, Colombia, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.57619° or 4° 34′ 34″ northLongitude
-74.29662° or 74° 17′ 48″ westOpen location code
67P7HPG3+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 295763868OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7701417
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Spanish—“Tequendama Falls Museum” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Տեկենդամա ջրվեժի կենսաբազմազանության և մշակույթի թանգարան”
- Basque: “Salto del Tequendama Museo-etxea”
- Chinese: “特肯達馬博物館”
- French: “Casa Museo Salto de Tequendama Biodiversidad y Cultura”
- Japanese: “テケンダマ滝博物館”
- Russian: “Музей биоразнообразия и культуры водопада Текендама”
- Spanish: “Casa Museo Salto de Tequendama Biodiversidad y Cultura”
- Spanish: “Casa Museo Salto del Tequendama”
- Spanish: “Casa Museo Tequendama”
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Highlights include Mirador del Salto and Mirador San Francisco.
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