Overview of Villa de Leyva

Villa de Leyva was founded on June 12th 1572, by Captain Hernan Suárez de Villalobos, as instructed by the first president of the New Kingdom of Granada Sr. Andres Díaz Venero de Leyva. Initially Villa de Leyva was established close to the Indian Astronomic Observatory in a place called Zaquencipá Valley, and then twelve years later was moved to its actual location. Read More »

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Overview of Villa de Leyva is based on Villa de Leyva by Sander Ruitenbeek, Ryan Holliday, kieselchen@gmx.at, Bill Ellett, Vidimian, Raphaelchay, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.