Visit Monserrate

When looking up from anywhere in the city, it is impossible not to run into that hill that, from its 3,152 meters at sea level, watches over Bogotá.

When Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada chose the site to found Santa Fe, the two enormous hills that surrounded the plain caught his attention, taking advantage of the mystery and their majestic presence, at the top he placed two large crosses; a century later Don Juan de Borja, President of the New Kingdom of Granada, authorized Don Pedro Solís de Valenzuela in 1640 to build a chapel dedicated to the Morena Virgin of Montserrat, whose Sanctuary is located in the province of Barcelona, ​​Spain .
Don Pedro Solís, the architect of this work, wanted it not to end there, he knew well that the place was ideal for a monastery, which was finally finished in 1657 with the help of the people from Santa Fe and that years later it would house its most illustrious guest: the Señor Caido de Monserrate, the work of the Santa Fe teacher Pedro de Lugo y Albarracín who achieved not only a beautiful image of impressive artistic value, but also managed to gather the religious faith of the city.

Since that time, every day, thousands of believers with devotion climb the steps that lead to the Shrine at the top as a penitential act. While thousands of other tourists, athletes or curious people arrive on foot, by Funicular or Cable Car.

The view that one has of Bogotá from Monserrate, the faith evoked by its Sanctuary, its pilgrims, its gardens and fountains, its gastronomy, its cloud forests, its sunsets, its starry nights and its majestic moon make the experience of visiting the Monserrate Hill.