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Lección 13
Panorama—Colombia

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Información sobre Colombia


		Colombia Geography			http://www.photius.com/


		LANIC-Colombia			http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/


		Colombia-mapa sensativo			http://www.udistrital.edu.co/


		Colombia South America			http://pages.infinit.net/


		Monumentos Nacionales de Colombia			http://www.banrep.gov.co/


		Banco de imágenes de Colombia			http://www.uniandes.edu.co/


		Museo de Oro			http://www.banrep.gov.co/

Parques Nacionales


		Parques naturales de Colombia			http://www.colparques.org/


		Lake Guatavita-The Myth of El Dorado			http://www.lamp.ac.uk/


		La leyenda de Guatavita			http://www.ciudadfutura.com/

Gabriel García Márquez


		Gabriel García Márquez			http://www.geocities.com/


		Gabriel García Márquez			http://www.unm.edu/


		Gabriel García Márquez: Macondo			http://www.themodernword.com/

Música


		Fundación del Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata			http://www.festivalvallenato.com/


		Vallenato: reseño histórico			http://tigger.uic.edu/


		Shakira online			http://www.ciudadfutura.com/


		Shakira			http://www.shakira.com/

Historia


		Museo Nacional de Colombia			http://www.museonacional.gov.co/


		Historia de Colombia			http://www.eurosur.org/

Algunas palabras clave
Use the links on this page or a search engine to complete the activities. Useful key words are:
Museo de Oro / Gold Museum
El Dorado / Guatavita / Muisca / Chibcha
García Márquez / Gabriel García Márquez

Go to the Museo de Oro site. What organization sponsors the museum? What is the museum's stated purpose? Can you infer what the Spanish word for "goldsmithing" and "articles of gold" is? Click on "Orfebrería precolombina." How many culture areas are represented in the museum?
Briefly, what is the legend of El Dorado? What does "El Dorado" mean? Where did the ritual that gave rise to the legend take place?
In what part of Colombia was Gabriel García Márquez born and raised? What is the title of his most famous work? What are some characteristics of his style and subject matter? What is Macondo?

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