CHARACTERS DEPARTMENT OF BOYACÁ

THANKS TO ALL, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE A LITTLE HISTORY OF MY LAND.

COMPOSERS AND SINGERS

Emilio Murillo (1880-1952), composer, pianist, treble player. 

Great musician and promoter of Colombian folk music. Among his many compositions, perhaps the best known are The mill, Gualanday, The guatecano, Bogota Nights and Rumichaca. 

He founded the Academy in which Murillo was taught music for free. He received many awards. In 1935 he was awarded the Cross of Boyaca. 

Some historians place his birthplace in Guateque. Others say he was born in Bogotá. 

Orlando "Cholo" Valderrama, composer and singer. 

It is one of the best known performers of plains music. In Venezuela he was named "Florentino de Oro" Honoris Causae prize. Born in Sogamoso in 1951. 

Jorge Veloza, composer and singer. 

Great promoter of folk music of Boyacá. Group Director Carrangueros Ráquira, applauded throughout the country. Veloza Ráquira born in 1953.

ATHLETES

Mauricio Soler, cyclist. 

Champion mountain in the Tour de France in 2007 Champion of the Vuelta a Burgos 2007. 

In his first participation in the most important international competition cycling, young rider won the toughest tours of competition. 

Soler was born in 1983 in Ramiriquí. 

Nairo Quintana, cyclist. 

Champion of the 2014 Giro d'Italia is the first Colombian to win important cycling competition. He was second in the Tour de France 2013 also received the sweater the better runner lunar mountains and white sweater for best young rider. 

He trained as a rider the club Editions Sea and entered the Boyacá team. 

In 2010 he won the Tour de l'Avenir with Café de Colombia Colombia team is passion. He received the President of Colombia Cruz sporting merit. 

He won prizes mountain of the Tour of Catalonia in 2011 then entered the Movistar Team World Tour. In 2012 he was the winner in the Tour of Murcia. 

Quintana Arcabuco born in 1990.

CHARACTERS DEPARTMENT OF BOYACÁ

ARTISTS 

Carlos Martinez Rivera (1902) painter. 

Renowned naturalist painter. 

In 1955 he exhibited 50 oil paintings in the National Library of Bogotá. The most attention were "storm" and "Desolation" in which there was a sharp criticism of the government of General Rojas Pinilla intent. He later held numerous exhibitions in Bogota. He taught painting at various art schools. Martinez was born in Tunja. 

Carlos Lopez Ruiz, painter and cartoonist. 

The pictorial style López Ortiz is the figurative expressionism. He was also a great cartoonist. His works are private galleries. Born in Chiquinquirá in 1918. 

Pedro Moreno Monroy, painter. 

Renowned artist. He was chosen to represent Colombia in the First Exhibition of Latin American Art in Paris in 1962 Participated in group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in the city. 

Some of his works are in galleries in New York and Paris. He was born at Miraflores, in 1936. 

Helena Fúquene Merchan, sculptor. 

This great artist has presented his works in galleries in Colombia, Italy and Spain. 

Works in all techniques of sculpture but the most famous are its sculptures made ​​of wood traditional themes. Born in Duitama. 

Jaime López Correa, painter, sculptor and ceramist. 

Renowned muralist and sculptor. He has been awarded numerous times. 

He has exhibited in various galleries. His paintings are the most prominent of his murals. These protrude from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá and the University of Tolima. Ibague. Born in Chiquinquirá.

SIGHTS OF BOYACA

RÁQUIRA 

Ráquira is a Colombian municipality of Ricaurte Province in the department of Boyacá.  Ráquira is considered artisanal capital of Colombia and was honored by the National Corporation for Tourism in 1994 as one of the most beautiful towns of Boyaca, thanks to the quaint decor of their homes.
Known as the People of the Olleros, land is handcrafted excellence. Ovens remain attached throughout the year making all kinds of pottery and clay ornaments and constitute the main tourist attraction of the municipality. 

So crockery, pots, bells, famous figures and goats, which are decorated with animals and very typical of our country fruit carts are appreciated. 

Ráquira is a mall and exporter of crafts in clay, which in its picturesque houses, painted in colors, welcome thousands of tourists admiring the works of his hands are born. 

This town is located 80 km from Tunja and is one of the most important craft centers, accompanied by a beautiful museum of arts and traditions and the Monastery of La Candelaria.