Museum
Museo del Oro Zenú
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Opened in the 1980's in a restored Colonial-style mansion in frornt of the Plaza de Bolivar, it contains a collection of objects of pre-Columbian culture.
A collection of pre-Columbian (as in pre Christopher Columbus) artifacts that will give you more insight as to the country ‘s History.
Housed in a charming colonial house on the Plaza Bolivar rescued by Colombia's central bank, the Zenú gold museum boasts a priceless insight into the pre-Colombian culture of the Caribbean. Fortunately plenty of the pre-Colombian bling that fuelled the Spanish land-grab through the Americas in the 16th century slipped through the sloppy Conquistadores fingers and some of the best examples of intricate gold-work survived their indiscriminate plundering. Two main exhibits celebrate the intricate metallurgical and ceramic arts of the Zenú indigenous population that have inhabited the area between the Sinu and Magdalena Rivers for more than 2,000 years.
Housed in a charming colonial house on the Plaza Bolivar rescued by Colombia's central bank, the Zenú gold museum boasts a priceless insight into the pre-Colombian culture of the Caribbean. Fortunately plenty of the pre-Colombian bling that fuelled the Spanish land-grab through the Americas in the…
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