Casa de las Monjas

Casa de las Monjas is a building in Santa Fe, Bogotá D.C., Bogotá. Casa de las Monjas is situated near the pitch Cancha de Futbol, as well as near the police station Estacion Policia de Turismo.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Monserrate Sanctuary and Gold Museum.

Monserrate Sanctuary

Church

Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Monserrate Sanctuary is a Catholic shrine in Bogotá, Colombia. The sanctuary was built between 1650 and 1657 and is 3,152 metres above sea level.

Gold Museum

Museum

Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Museum of Gold is an archaeology museum located in Bogotá, Colombia. It is one of the most visited tourist highlights in the country. The museum receives around 500,000 tourists per year. Gold Museum is situated 2 km west of Casa de las Monjas.

National Museum of Colombia

Museum

Photo: Mrtony77, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The National Museum of Colombia is the National Museum of Colombia housing collections on its history, art, culture. Located in the Santa Fe locality of Bogotá, Colombia, it is the largest and oldest museum in Colombia. National Museum of Colombia is situated 2 km northwest of Casa de las Monjas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monserrate and Santa Fe.

Monserrate

Hamlet

Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Monserrate is a mountain over 3,000 metres high that overlooks the city center of Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia. It rises to 3,152 meters above the sea level, where there is a church with a shrine, devoted to El Señor Caído.

Santa Fe

Suburb

Photo: Baiji, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Santa Fe is the third locality of Bogotá, the Capital District of Colombia. Santa Fe is part of the traditional downtown area where Bogotá was founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada on August 6, 1538.