La Candelaria is the name commonly given to the historic center of the city, declared National Monument in 1963. It is the group of old districts or parishes of La Catedral, Egipto, and La Concordia, which grew around churches of the Roman Catholic tradition. The cult of the image of Our Lady of La Candelaria, located at the church which bears her name was so strong that with time it changed the name of the old La Catedral neighborhood to La Candelaria.

La Candelaria is located to the east of Bolivar Square and since the XVI Century, when the first buildings were built there, it has been a political, religious, and administrative center.The streets of the old Santa Fe, now part of the City’s center are characterized by their old, Spanish-style mansions, with heavy outer and inner doors, large Halls called zaguanes, spacious rooms, patios, thick walls, and facades with various styles of balconies and ironwork in doors and windows. The neoclassical buildings of the XIX and early XX Centuries, locally named “Republican”.

The ancestral and daily life of men and women who helped forge traditions is easily perceived. In the dynamic Candelaria of the XIX Century, old traditions and occupations still find a place to last for generations to come; they co-exist with the memories of historic events and reminiscences kept in museums, art collections, libraries, Churches, theatres, houses and streets alluring you to go back to the past.The tour may be begun at two different squares.

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