Panorama Cultural

Panorama cultural: Colombia

General

ABCNews Adventure Adviser Traveling in Columbia: archive.abcnews.go.com/sections/travel/AA/aa000614.html

Colombia: iln.go.com/html_p/geography/countries/Colombia.asp

Colombia: pages.infinit.net/colombia

Colombia: www.emulateme.com/colombia.htm

Destination Colombia: www.lonelyplanet.com.au/dest/sam/col.htm

InfoColombia: www.infocolombia.com/co/e/home.asp

LANIC Colombia: lanic.utexas.edu/la/colombia

Latin World Colombia: www.latinworld.com/sur/colombia/index.html

Simón Bolívar

History of Simón Bolívar: www.bolivarmo.com/history.htm

Simón Bolívar (Spanish): www.caveguias.com.ve/tour/biografias/SBolivar/SBolivar.html

Simón Bolívar (Spanish): www.mundomail.net/biografias/bolivar.htm

San Agustín Archeological Park

San Agustín Archeological Park: www.unesco.org/whc/sites/744.htm

San Agustín Archeological Park: www.viajeschapinero.com.co/agustin.htm

Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez: www.unm.edu/~kfinstad/marquez.html

Gabriel García Márquez: www.themodernword.com/gabo

Newspapers

Newspapers Online Colombia: www.newspapers.com/results.asp?country=COLOMBIA

El Espectador: www.elespectador.com

Culture

The International Council of Museums: www.icom.org/vlmp/latin-america.html#Colombia

Actividad cultural

Use the Web links on this page or others to complete the following items about Colombia.
1. Who is Simón Bolívar and why is he important in Colombian history? In what other countries is Bolívar a hero?

2. What are the names of some of Gabriel García Márquez’s novels? In what year and why did García Márquez with the Nobel Prize for Literature?

3. Why is San Agustín Archeological Park important? Locate the park on a map.

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