Tierradentro area is located in the Colombian Central Cordillera and extends from the Puracé volcano in the south to the north Nevado del Huila; in the east it reaches the canyon and the valleys of the Paez River and its tributaries, and from the west to the moors and peaks of the edge of the ridge.
In Tierradentro are different climates temperate, to continue the cold, plumed and perpetual snow, where the climate varies with altitude and direction of the winds, which blow hot from the east, from the plains of Huila; however the humidity is constant, as the average annual rainfall reaches up to 200 days.
Tierradentro was so named because they belong to a department with a topography of mountainous knots and deep canyons; Because of this, the Spaniards called inland because they were locked up in the mountains.
This belongs to the list of those magical places built by companies of farmers and potters who carved burial chambers, they carved statues of volcanic stone and goldsmith worked surprisingly.
At present, this territory is inhabited by the Paez Indians who arrived in the region after the conquest.
En esta zona se encuentra el Parque Arqueológico Nacional de Tierradentro es un lugar que conserva en sus adentros parte de la cultura precolombina y reservas arqueológicas de Colombia, como hipogeos y estatuas, donde se encuentran lugares como el Alto de Segovia, donde están las 30 tumbas más grandes y profundas con un bello trabajo artesanal en alto relieve. También está el alto del aguacate donde se localizan más de 70 tumbas construidas una al lado de la otra en una cúspide aplanada artificialmente. El alto de San Andrés aquí se descubrieron seis hipogeos de gran tamaño, todos con decoraciones murales con motivos geométricos en rojo y negro sobre blanco. Y el tablón: aquí se encuentran once estatuas que simbolizan formas humanas de pie, clasificadas en dos grupos: estatuas pequeñas y sencillas que imitan seres humanos desnudos y casi sin adornos y estatuas masculinas y femeninas de más de dos metros de alto.
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