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Casa Museo Negret & MIAMP-May 2024
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May 1, 2025

　　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.

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Iglesia de San Francisco
Popayán
　　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...
Museo de Historia Natural
Popayán
　　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...
Iglesia La Ermita
Popayán
　　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. ...
Capilla de Belén
Popayán
　　This chapel on a hill just east of the city center offers fine views over the town. ...
Casa Museo Mosquera
Popayán
　　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...
Cerro El Morro de Tulcán
Popayán
　　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...
Casa Museo Negret & MIAMP
Popayán
　　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
Popayán
　　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. ...
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