Country Colombia Elevation 2,753 m (9,032 ft) Province Tundama Province | Department Boyacá Department Local time Tuesday 10:31 PM | |
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Time zone Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5) Weather 12°C, Wind NW at 3 km/h, 87% Humidity | ||
Santa Rosa de Viterbo is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the Tundama Province, a subregion of Boyacá.
Contents
- Map of Santa Rosa de Viterbo BoyacC3A1 Colombia
- History
- The Aerolito
- Born in Santa Rosa de Viterbo
- References
Map of Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Boyac%C3%A1, Colombia
Viterbite, not a mineral but a mixture of allophane and wavellite, occurs in and was named after this municipality.
History
Santa Rosa de Viterbo was founded by the Spanish in 1689. Three priests petitioned the Archbishop of Santa Fe for resources to found the parish of Santa Rosa de Viterbo. A mayor was appointed in 1690; the first being José de los Reyes.
The "Aerolito"
In the year 1810, a meteorite fell in Santa Rosa, and it was discovered by a farmer of the town. The mayor decided to place it in the middle of the town, in front of the church. A hundred years later, the president Rafael Reyes decided to take it to Bogotá. There it was divided in two big parts; one of the parts stayed in Bogotá, and the other is actually in a museum in Chicago.