Clouds, clouds, fast clouds; then sun, starred skies. And full moon, sparkling… The semi-desertic hills that encircle Villa de Leyva hide many surprises. The astronomical observatory of the Muiscas, indigenous people almost completely disappeared, but in the looks of some “campesinos”, is a ceremonial site (El infiernito) dipped in the green of the olive trees. In the proximities, a small museum (El fosil) guards the very well conserved fossil of a kronosaurus, prehistoric crocodile lived when in the region an ancient sea extended. Where the Andes grow in altitude and the vegetation disappear definitively, in the so-called paramo, some splendid lakes hide (Iguaque Sanctuary), encircled by a hostile environment. The Laguna de Iguaque was sacred place for the Muiscas, who believed it was the place where the goddess Bauché had awaken, sustaining with her own arms a child, destined to give origin to their people.
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