The stamp shows some of the iconic symbols of the honored city: the Cathedral of Manizales, the third tallest in Latin America, at 113 meters build in neo gothic style; and the Bolivar Condor, a bronz.. Read more »e sculpture sculpted by the Colombian sculptor Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt, located from 1991 in the Plaza de Bolívar in Manizales. Actually it is the capital city of the Caldas department.
Manizales was founded on October 12, 1849 by a group of twenty antioquians (The Expedition of the 20), who came from Neira and Salamina. There is a strong Spanish influence in the culture and the population was very homogeneous, mostly white, until other ethnic groups migrated to the city in search of the universities.
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