Balcanes

Balcanes is a residential area in , , . Balcanes is situated nearby to the community center , as well as near the park .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gold Museum and Cathedral Metropolitan Basilica of Bogotá & Primate of Colombia.

Museum
Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Gold is an archaeology museum located in , . It is one of the most visited tourist highlights in the country. The museum receives around 500,000 tourists per year. is situated 3½ km north of Balcanes.

Church
Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Metropolitan and Primate Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Peter of Bogotá or better known as the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Bogotá and Primate of Colombia, officially Sacred Holy Temple Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica and… is situated 2½ km north of Balcanes.

Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Christopher Columbus Theater (Spanish: , or Columbus Theater, is 's National Theatre, located in . It was built in the Neoclassical style by the architect Pietro Cantini on October 5, 1885 and inaugurated on October 27, 1892. on the occasion of the fourth centenary of Columbus' first landing in the Americas with a performance of Verdi's Ernani. is situated 2½ km north of Balcanes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Inés and Veinte de Julio.

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood of , .

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood of , .

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood of , . It is in the Santa Fe district in east-central Bogotá, on the edge of the forest reserve. Historically, the population was very poor, and continued to be so well into the twenty-first century.

Balcanes

Latitude
4.57353° or 4° 34′ 25″ north
Longitude
-74.0794° or 74° 4′ 46″ west
Open location code
67P7HWFC+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 763467910
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
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