Chorro de Quevedo

[1] It signifies the purported location where Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, a Spanish conquistador, first established the foundations of Bogotá in 1538.

[1] Also, it is considered the place where the Zipa, or chief of the Muisca tribe, would regularly survey the Bogotá savanna.

[2] In 1832, an Augustine priest named Father Quevedo purchased the site and built a fountain there.

[1][5] The church steps and the nearby arch were built by Javier Olave to recognize the local "lunatics": Bobo del Tranvía, the Conde Cuchute, the Loca Margarita.

[1] Several films have been shot at this location, including La Estrategia del Caracol and Diástole y Sístole.