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

  1. 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?
  2. 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?
  3. 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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