Manila City

Manizales is the capital of the department of Caldas. It is a city in central Colombia, located in the Cordillera Central, near the Nevado del Ruiz. It is part of the country and the region called called Golden Triangle, with a population of approximately 386,931 inhabitants according to official population projections for 2009. Part along with Risaralda, Quindio, the North Valley and southwestern Antioquia Colombia's called Coffee.

Today is a city with great economic, industrial, cultural and tourism. Also notable for its cultural activity that highlights its annual Fair, the International Theater Festival and numerous shows and conventions.

Manizales is called the "City of Doors Open." Also known as "Manizales del Alma" due to a bullfighting pasodoble that bears his name.

The land on which stands the city of Manizales were inhabited by quimbayas Columbian times, weapons, Anserma, naughty, zopias, carrapas.Por pàucuras and geographical location in Manila you can enjoy different landscapes, such as snowy forest mountains and valleys. The area of ​​the municipality is 508 km ².

The area around the city offer great climatic diversity, from the snows of Nevado del Ruiz with wilderness landscapes and hot springs, to the recreation center Santágueda Valley, with landscapes of warm climate, diverse vegetation, rivers and streams. Along with towns and villages in the region of very specific characteristics. A unique characteristic is that Manila has 8 microclimates within its urban area.

On the outskirts of the city of Manizales can find all climatic zones and varied landforms that give rise to large amounts of natural resources. To the west lies the valley of the Rio Cauca, which leads to the hot climates of the resorts of La Rochelle and Santágueda. To the east and south, are the moors and the perpetual snows of Parque Nacional Los Nevados.

As the capital, Manila is a particularly important road axis. Currently carried out major road network construction, highways, overpasses, malls and hypermarkets to give more dynamism to the city.

There are multiple routes of buses, minibuses and groups that allow movement to any area of ​​the city tours that take up to an hour to the most distant points as La Linda at the western end and Malting in the East.

Manizales is located in the center of the three main cities of Colombia, in the so-called Golden Triangle The distance between Manizales and Bogota is 290 km. Between Manizales and Medellin is 180 km and between Manizales and Cali is 384 km. It is also connected to neighboring capitals of Pereira and Armenia through the Highway Café.

Manila Domestic Airport has an airport called Nubia. This airport has a runway of about 1,400 meters and provides services from 6 am to 6 pm Due to changing weather conditions, it is often closed due to low visibility and for this reason is currently building a new airport for receiving flight national and international. Also due to weather conditions the use of mobile phones is complicated because the difficulty of calling or sending messages is high, so also are building new more powerful antenna.

Manizales is a highly cultural and diverse city in this regard. There are several libraries that are among those belonging to different universities. As museums are: the Gold Museum of the Central Bank, which set out various pre-Columbian artifacts, The Museum of Natural History (University of Caldas), the Museum of Art (University of Caldas), the Archaeological Museum (Universidad de Caldas), the Botanical Garden (University of Caldas), the Museum of Natural History (University of Caldas) and the Museum of Science and Game (Universidad Nacional de Colombia). There are also galleries, among which are: the Gallery of Fine Arts, the Bank of the Republic, the Coffee Cultural Fund, the Museum of Art Caldas Confamiliares, Institute of Culture and Expoferias.La Caldas Manizales architecture integrates influences from different eras, creating a very particular style, not only in their formal expression, but also in the use of local materials like bamboo and wood, which conform to the difficult topography and seismicity of the region. As a consequence, also called republican architecture is born (the name taken neoclassical forms of domestic architecture).

The architecture stands the Cathedral Basilica, made in iron and concrete, leaving the tradition of his time wooden church. The Cathedral Basilica is neo-Gothic style on the outside and has a dome-style frames (shoulder). This cathedral is under the patronage of Our Lady of the Rosary.