Chorro de Quevedo (Quevedo's fountain) is a fountain located in the neighborhood of La Candelaria in Bogotá.[1] It signifies the purported location where Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, a Spanish conquistador, first established the foundations of Bogotá in 1538.[1] Also, it is considered the place where the Zipa, or chief of the Muisca tribe, would regularly survey the Bogotá savanna.[2] In 1832, an Augustine priest named Father Quevedo purchased the site and built a fountain there.[1][2] The original fountain was destroyed in 1896, due to pipe damage from a collapsing bridge.[3] It is located above Calle 13 and Carrera 2.[1]
In the plaza, there is a small white chapel called the Hermitage of San Miguel del Principe that was re-built in 1969 on the site of the very first chapel in Bogotá.[4] It is based on a reconstruction of a church that was once in Santander Plaza but razed because the external appearance was too plain.[1][5] The church steps and the nearby arch were built by Javier Olave to recognize the local "lunatics": Bobo del Tranvía, the Conde Cuchute, the Loca Margarita.[1]
Several films have been shot at this location, including La Estrategia del Caracol and Diástole y Sístole.[1] These films reflect the bohemian subculture of the area.[1] There are narrow alleyways nearby that have artist studios and hostels.[1] Colorful street art can be found on nearby walls.[2] There are also local establishments nearby that serve chicha.[4][6][7]
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- ^ a b c "Bogota, Colombia – Tourists on Plaza del Chorro de Quevedo in La Candelaria". FotoVentura. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ de la Rosa, M. (1988). Calles de Santa Fe de Bogotá. Colección Viajantes y viajeros (in Spanish). Academia de Historia de Bogotá. p. 331. ISBN 978-958-601-179-2. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ a b Guides, I. (2017). Insight Guides Colombia. Insight Guides. Apa Publications. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-78671-774-0. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ Guides, R. (2019). The Rough Guide to South America On a Budget (Travel Guide eBook). Rough Guides. Apa Publications. p. 851. ISBN 978-1-78919-525-5. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ a b "The fountain of stories". The City Paper Bogotá. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ Castilla Corzo, Felipe; Burbano Argoti, Camila Alejandra; Salazar Duque, Diego Alfredo (2019-11-25). "La chicha, producto gastronómico y ritual: caso Chorro de Quevedo (Colombia) y Otavalo (Ecuador)". Turismo y Sociedad. 26. Universidad Externado de Colombia: 205–224. doi:10.18601/01207555.n26.09. ISSN 2346-206X.
- ^ Caputo, L.; Newton, P.; McColl, R. (2008). Viva Travel Guides Colombia. V!va Travel Guides. Viva Travel Guides. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-9791264-4-4. Retrieved 2022-01-22.