Innocently I took this picture of a sunset in Bogota with out knowing a history behind it. I got interested on the image of the church at the right, because I didn’t know the name of the church that appeared in the picture. I finally found the name of this church which is the Minor Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Basilica Menor del Sagrado Corazón de Jesus) but is more popularly know as the National Vote Church. The history behind this church has to deal with part of the history of the country. It was constructed as a request from an archbishop to the politics of the early twenty century. The construction of the church was considered as a kind of amulet to finish a stupid war in Colombia, known as the War of the One Thousand Days (1899-1902). As all the wars it was a useless conflict between the two principal parties of the country in the struggle for the power. One of the consequences of that war was that Colombia lost Panama and the possibility of constructing the interoceanic canal.
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ResponderEliminarGracias Luis. Hare mi mejor esfuerzo para continuar actualizando este blog en adelante y compartinedo imagenes e historias con sus seguidores.
ResponderEliminarSergio - welcome back to posting a daily photo from Colombia! A beautiful photo at sunset!
ResponderEliminarBeautiful photo. Interesting history.
ResponderEliminarGlorious evening you captured, and the Church adds a nice dimension to it. At least some good came out of a war!
ResponderEliminarThat's nice lighting and really a really unusual dome. I think one of the most fun things about doing a City Daily Photo blog is that, as you said, you take a picture innocently, then find yhourself learning about what's in the photo. It aslo helps to preserve in one place some of the history of the city.
ResponderEliminarIt is a wonderful sunset shot. Great!
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