Tequendama Falls

 ( Waterfalls Of Colombia ) 

The Tequendama Falls () is a high waterfall of the Bogotá River, located southwest of Bogotá in the municipality of Soacha. Named after the adjacent settlement of Tequendama, it holds historical significance as one of Colombia's earliest permanent settlements.Ocampo López, 2007, p.27 The falls were painted in 1854 by Frederic Edwin Church. One of the country's tourist attractions, the falls are located in a forested area west of Bogotá. The river surges through a rocky gorge that narrows to about at the brink of the high falls. During the month of December the falls become completely dry. The falls, once a common site for suicides, Tequendama Falls - Encyclopædia Britannica may be reached by road from Bogotá.

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Muisca origin In Chibcha language, the name Tequendama translates to: "he who precipitated downward". Etymology Tequendama According to the Muisca people Muisca religion, the waterfall was created by the legendary hero Bochica, who used his staff to break the rock and release the water that covered the Bogotá savanna.

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According to another legend, during the Spanish conquest and evangelization of the Americas, in order to escape the new colonial order indigenous people of the area would jump off the Salto Del Tequendama and become eagles to fly to their freedom.

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Recovery of the falls and its surroundings The river that feeds the falls is currently considered to be one of the most contaminated in the world. Contamination Tequendama Falls

"The Tequendama Falls has the dubious honor of being the largest wastewater falls in the world. Liquid wastes from the city are flushed untreated into the Bogotá River at the lower edge of the sabana, a few kilometers upstream of the Tequendama Falls. Downstream from Bogotá, the river is filled with sewage."

A historic hotel building, now a museum that overlooks the waterfall is undergoing restoration aided by the French government. Casona del Tequendama recibe apoyo de Francia - El Tiempo

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See also

• List of waterfalls
• Muisca religion
• Bochica
• Tequendama Falls Museum
• Tequendamita Falls
• Tequendama
• List of waterfalls by type
• Lake Iguaque

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Bibliography

• Ocampo López, Javier (2025). 9789581403684, Plaza & Janes Editores Colombia S.A.. ISBN 9789581403684

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External links

• El gran salto del Tequendama - El Espectador
• The Haunted Hotel at Tequendama Falls
• The Falls of Tequendama, Near Bogotá, New Granada by Frederic Edwin Church, via Cincinnati Art Museum

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