Cerro de Monserrate the eye of the city // Cerro de Monserrate el Ojo de la Cuidad (ENG/ESP)

Hello dear friends of Hive.blog in this opportunity we continue with an Owl-Tour, content that you will find regularly in this profile, also give a greeting to the entire community of Haveyoubeenhere place where we contribute with the contribution of content of wonderful places and sites in the world so that many Hiver's can know new spectacular destinations, in this third tour we will know the Cerro de Monserrate located in the Colombian capital of Bogota.

To begin with we must say that the hill of Monserrate, is located in the eastern hills in the line of the Andes mountain range, next to the hill of Guadalupe (next slope posts) is believed to have about more than 16. 000 million years old from the Cretaceous age, since 1925 there is the Basilica of the Fallen Lord of Monserrate, long before that in 1620 the Fernandez de Valenzuela family began the construction of the hermitage on the hill where it was called Las Nieves, After that was created a monastery by Father Pedro Solis de Valenzuela to finish an extension in 1650 with the aim of pilgrimage through the eastern hills, the construction ended with a neo-Gothic style, with its façade of False neocolonial, it was until 1929 that was created the funicular to the top of the hill giving the religious tourist contribution to the hill of Monserrate.

Hay tres formar de llegar a la cima: primer por la vía del funicular, que es un grupo de vagones móviles por un rieles que parte desde la base del cerro hasta la cima atravesando el interior rocoso, con un valor de 5$ permite la subida y la bajada.

Segundo es el teleférico, que otorga la mejor vista de la cuidad en el trayecto a la cima, son dos cabinas ancladas con un línea de un cable grueso de igual forma desde la base hasta la cima con un valor por pasajero de 7.5$ es un paseo agradable y rápido.

Tercero es el sendero peatonal, desde las 7 de la mañana hasta las 1 de la tarde se encuentra abierto la ruta de escaleras, que en para un adulto promedio tardaría una hora y media aproximado de subida a ritmo moderado, es totalmente gratis, existen personas devotas al santo que suben de rodillas para que se le cumpla algún tipo de milagro.

I had wanted to visit Monserrate for a long time, so my partner and I took advantage of a day off to finally go to know this emblematic place, it was a weekend, sunny and quiet, it will be a perfect day to go for a walk, we arrived early and there were already people lined up to climb the hill.

There are three ways to get to the top: first by the funicular railway, which is a group of mobile cars on a rail that leaves from the base of the hill to the top through the rocky interior, with a value of $ 5 allows the ascent and descent.

Second is the cable car, which gives the best view of the city on the way to the top, are two cabins anchored with a line of a thick cable in the same way from the base to the top with a value per passenger of $ 7.5 is a nice and fast ride.

Third is the pedestrian path, from 7 in the morning until 1 in the afternoon is open the stairs route, which for an average adult would take an hour and a half approximate climb at a moderate pace, it is totally free, there are people devoted to the saint who climb on their knees to be fulfilled some kind of miracle.

Lo cierto es que el paseo en funicular se puede observar las rocas calizas que se encuentran dentro del cerro, además al llegar a la cima la arquitectura del lugar no muestra un estilo colonial con piedad amarilla barichara, árboles y arbustos verdes brozosos, comenzando el recorrido existen restaurantes muy reconocidos de alta calidad culinaria, además de atención a los visitantes, baños y tiendas, un lugar donde está muy desarrollado el turismo.

El camino comienza con un vía crucis o camina santo de un grupo de estatuas representativos de Jesucristo a la tumba del calvario, (Dato Curioso estas esculturas fueron traídas desde Italia) el camino conduce hasta la iglesia de nuestra señor caído, un templo que venera a Jesús de Nazaret llevando la cruz, alrededor de la iglesia se encuentra puntos de información, tiendas de suvenir, ropa y comida.

Al respaldo del cerro se puede apreciar el valle entre las montañas del departamento de Cundinamarca, algo que me llamo mucho la atención es la cantidad de aves que habitan en el lugar, algo que muchos critican de la ciudad es que no se pueden ver muchas a veces y el impacto de ver lo cuidado que esta el sitio además de la conservación de la fauna y flora es muy agradable para los visitantes.

One of the biggest myths of the hill of Monserrate is that many say it is a sleeping volcano, due to its shape and the three earthquakes that have happened to the place many suspect that at any moment it will erupt, but even no one from Vulcanology has presented evidence that this is so.

The truth is that the funicular ride you can observe the limestone rocks that are inside the hill, also when you reach the top the architecture of the place does not show a colonial style with yellow piedmont barichara, trees and green bushes brozosos, starting the tour there are very renowned restaurants of high culinary quality, plus attention to visitors, restrooms and stores, a place where tourism is very developed.

The road begins with a via crucis or holy walk from a group of statues representing Jesus Christ to the tomb of Calvary, (Curious fact these sculptures were brought from Italy) the road leads to the church of our fallen Lord, a temple that worships Jesus of Nazareth carrying the cross, around the church is information points, souvenir stores, clothing and food.

At the back of the hill you can see the valley between the mountains of the department of Cundinamarca, something that caught my attention is the amount of birds that inhabit the place, something that many criticize the city is that you can not see many sometimes and the impact of seeing how careful the site is in addition to the conservation of fauna and flora is very nice for visitors.

El mito de la separaciones de pareja, un decir de muchos bogotanos, es que si se sube al Monserrate con tu novia, esposa, o amigos, y el amor no es sincero, se termina la relación, a caso personal yo subí con mi pareja y todavía no nos hemos separa y espero que no, lo paradójico es que aunque si no llegasen a subir el cerro con tu pareja de igual manera si el amor no es sincero, lo más lógico es que de igual forma se termine la relación.

The most remarkable of the Monserrate hill is the impressive view that gives us the whole city of Bogota, (almost all) because the city is very large and areas far to the north is lost sight of the other hills that surround it, being a city very close to the hill you can see details to human sight, such as people walking, the statue of Simon Bolivar in the square, buildings, main streets and the airport.

The myth of the separations of couples, a saying of many Bogotanos, is that if you climb Monserrate with your girlfriend, wife, or friends, and love is not sincere, the relationship ends, personally I climbed with my partner and we have not yet separated and I hope not, the paradox is that even if you do not get to climb the hill with your partner in the same way if love is not sincere, the most logical thing is that in the same way the relationship ends.