Historical Center of Pereira

The tour of the Historic Center of Pereira is precisely a review of the history of the city.

 

The activity starts from the Risaralda Government building that dates back to 1979.

 

Continue through the Railway Station to Plaza de Bolívar, detailing the Calle de la Fundación, then the history of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Poverty, the historic Casa Roa and Lake Uribe Uribe.

 

The local and regional settlement process is illustrated, from the pre-Hispanic period, the colony, the republic and the recent modernization process.

 

Elements of environmental history, political history, urban history and the history of education are transversalized in local history.

 

It is carried out by an expert on the subject, PhD in History, pre- and postgraduate university teacher and specialized in Coffee Cultural Landscape.