The Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino (English: Quinta of Saint Peter of Alexandria) is an hacienda or quinta built in 1608, famous for being the death place of Simón Bolívar on December 17, 1830.[1] The hacienda is located in the corregimiento of Mamatoco within the tourist district of Santa Marta, near the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia.
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History
In Bolívar's time, the estate produced rum, honey and panela.
Modern day
Nowadays it functions as a tourist site, museum and historical landmark. There is a small entrance fee for the museum with a discount for children.
References
- ^ Caputo, Lorraine; Newton, Paula; McColl, Richard (August 2008). VIVA Travel Guides Colombia. Viva Publishing Network. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-9791264-4-4.
External links
- Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino (official web site)
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Source: Wills, Fernando; et al. (2001). Nuestro patrimonio – 100 tesoros de Colombia [Our heritage – 100 treasures of Colombia] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. pp. 1–311. ISBN 958-8089-16-6. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11°13′41″N 74°10′45″W / 11.22806°N 74.17917°W
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