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Aug 6, 1538
FOUNDATION OF BOGOTA AS CAPITAL
BOGOTA FOUNDED AS A CAPITAL OF THE NEW KINGDOM OF GRANADA -
Aug 6, 1538
IMPORTANT MOMENTS
GONZALO JIMENEZ DE QUESADA ESTABLISH A MILITARY HEADQUARTERS -
Aug 6, 1538
WHEN THE CITY WAS FOUNDED, THREE CHARACTERS BROUGHT HORSES, CHICKENS AND PIGS TO BOGOTÁ.
THESE OBJECTS WERE BROUGHT BY GONZALO JIMÉNEZ DE QUESADA, NICOLÁS DE FEDERMAN AND SEBASTIÁN DE BELALCÁZA -
Apr 27, 1539
IMPORTANT MOMENTS
when the requirements demanded by the Spanish authorities were met. -
BOGOTA WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE VICEROYALTY OF NEW GRANADA
THIS VICEROYALTY WAS A TERRITORIAL ENTITY, MEMBER OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE ESTABLISHED UNTIL 1819. THIS INCLUDED THE CURRENT TERRITORIES OF COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA, ECUADOR AND PANAMA -
THE FIRST FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
THE BANK OF BOGOTA WAS CREATED IN BOGOTA AS THE FIRST FINANCIAL INSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY -
METRO IN THE CITY
THE FIRST TIME THAT THE METRO WAS TALKED IN THE CITY WAS 1942 WHEN THE MAYOR CARLOS DE SANTAMARIA PROPOSED ITS CONSTRUCTION -
THE BOGOTAZO
the bogotazo passed in 1948 due to the death of Jorge eliece gaitan -
TRAM SERVICE
THE TRAMWAY SUSPENDED IN 1951 BY ORDER OF MAYOR FERNANDO MAZUERA THAT ORDER THAT THE LIQUIDARAN -
IN 1954, ENGATIVÁ, FONTIBÓN, SUBA, USME, USAQUÉN AND BOSA WERE INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL DISTRICT OF BOGOTÁ
IN 1954, ENGATIVÁ, FONTIBÓN, SUBA, USME, USAQUÉN AND BOSA WERE INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL DISTRICT OF BOGOTÁ BECAUSE GUSTAVO ROJAS PINILLA DETERMINED THE DEFINITIVE LIMIT OF THIS DISTRICT -
FIRST POPE IN BOGOTÁ
IN BOGOTA THE FIRST POPE WHO WENT WAS POPE PAUL VI -
WHO RETURNED THE SWORD OF SIMÓN BOLÍVAR THAT WAS STOLEN.
THE EX-MANDATORY OF M-19 ANTONIO NAVARRO WOLF -
FIRST SHOPPING CENTER
THE FIRST SHOPPING CENTER WAS FOUNDED IN 1976 CALLED UNICENTRO -
FIRST MAYOR
PASTRANA ARANGO WAS THE FIRST MAYOR ELECTED BY POPULAR VOTE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS DUE TO THE LEGISLATIVE ACT -
TRANSMILENIO
ITS CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 1998 AND WAS INAUGURATED ON DECEMBER 4, 2000. UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF ENRRIQUE PEÑALOSA
