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Feb 10, 2026

　　This chapel on a hill just east of the city center offers fine views over the town.

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Capilla de Belén

　　This chapel on a hill just east of the city center offers fine views over the town. ...

Museo de Historia Natural

　　One of the best of its kind in the country, this museum on the grounds of Universidad del Cauca is noted for its extensive collection of insects, butterflies, stuffed birds and other animal life in Colombia. There's a fascinating variety of endemic plant species, too. A guide can show you...

Casa Museo Mosquera

　　This interesting museum is housed in an 18th-century mansion that was once home to General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, who was Colombia's president on four occasions between 1845 and 1867. The original French crystal chandelier in the dining room was transported from the Caribbean to Popayán by mule. Note the...

Iglesia La Ermita

　　Constructed in 1546, Popayán's oldest church is well worth seeing for its fine main retable and the fragments of old frescoes, which were only discovered after the 1983 earthquake. ...

Casa Museo Negret & MIAMP

　　This 18th-century house is the home of world-renowned Colombian artist Edgar Negret, whose vast abstract iron sculptures dot plazas around the country. The Museo Iberoamericano de Arte Moderno de Popayán (MIAMP) section showcases notable works by Colombian and South American artists from the period 1940–1990. ...

Museo Arquidiocesano de Arte Religioso

　　You don't have to be an expert on religious art to be impressed by this collection of paintings, statues, altar pieces, silverware and liturgical vessels, most of which date from the 17th to 19th centuries. There's also a vault of valuable relics that is only opened during Semana Santa. ...

Cerro El Morro de Tulcán

　　Behind the Universitario de Tulcán, this hill is topped with an equestrian statue of the city's founder, Sebastián de Belalcázar, and is said to be the site of a pre-Columbian pyramid. It offers panoramic views over the city center's tiled rooftops and it's a popular place to sit and watch...

Iglesia de San Francisco

　　Dating back to the late 18th century, Popayán's largest colonial church is also its most beautiful. Inside are a fine high altar and a collection of seven unique side altars. The 1983 earthquake cracked open the ossuary, revealing six unidentified mummies. Two are left; ask in the office to the...

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