Pasca

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subdivision_name2 = Sumapaz Province
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website = [http://pasca-cundinamarca.gov.co/sitio.shtml www.pasca-cundinamarca.gov.co]
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Pasca is a town and municipality in the Cundinamarca department of Colombia located over the Andes mountains. It belongs to the Sumapaz province.

Name

Pasca in the chibchan language means "father's fence", according to Acosta Ortegón.Fact|date=June 2007

Tourism

The famous Muiscan golden boat, representing the ritual of El Dorado, was found in Pasca. The boat is now part of the Gold Museum collection in Bogotá.

The town contains an archaeological museum and a natural history museum.

History

By pre-columbian times, this was the last village to the south of the plains in the mountains where starts the valley of the "Sutagao" tribe. These lands were explored in 1537 by captain Juan de Céspedes when he was looking for the "Panche" tribes. In early 1539 the conquistador Nicolás de Federmán arrived in Pasca , where he waited until Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada authorized him to move forward.

Famous pasqueños

The Colombian poet and politician Adolfo León Gómez was born in Pasca and his grandmother, poet Josefa Acevedo de Gomez, lived and wrote her work here.The famous native woman Zoratama also lived in Pasca.

See also

*Archeological Museum of Pasca
*El Dorado Myth

External links

* [http://pasca-cundinamarca.gov.co/sitio.shtml Official site of the Municipality of Pasca] es
* [http://www.cundinamarca.gov.co/cundinamarca/municipios/frm_iniciomunicipio.asp?codigo=69 Official site - Government of Cundinamarca] es
* [http://www.banrep.gov.co/museo/esp/o_muisca.htm Precolumbian Golden Boat] Famous golden figure based on El Dorado rite (housed in the Gold Museum at Bogotá, Colombia) es
* [http://www.colarte.arts.co/museos/ArqPasca/recuento.htm?nomartista=Arq+Pasca+Museo&idartista=14386 Unofficial site of the Natural and Archeological Museum of Pasca] es
* [http://www.banrep.gov.co/museo/home4.htm Precolumbian Gold Museum of Colombia] Schedule of exhibitions es
* [http://rupestreweb.tripod.com/arguello.html Photos of precolumbian art found at Pasca] es