They go up on their knees, they climb, they carry the cross, the fervor of Holy Week is lived on the tutelary hills in various cities of Colombia.
News Colombia.
With the arrival of the Greater Week, tourism is reactivated; especially the religious one, many take it to pay the so-called penances and promises, and there, they include touring churches, going to masses or climbing the tutelary hills in the cities.
Mountains where, although sports are practiced throughout the year, these ‘holy days’ are for going to pray; At the top of these hills, there are usually crosses, giant figures of the Virgin, saints, and other nuns.
They go up on their knees, climb, carry the cross, the fervor of Easter through the hills in Colombia.
In Bogotá, the Monserrate hill, which has visitors all year round, is even more crowded these days. It attracts its history, the rites and miracles that many attribute to it.
The most notorious are the healing of the sick who visit him and in exchange, they make promises.
- Many go up and make their visits to the hill, blindfolded.
This hill in Bogotá is called “Nuestra Señora de Monserrate”, like the one near Barcelona, Spain.
In Cali, there is also a fervor for its hills. The one of Cristo Rey will be closed for works, but the one of the Three Crosses and the Virgin of Yanaconas are open to the public.
Cerro Tres Cruces in Cali, receives the visit of more than 100 thousand people every Holy Week.
- The three crosses exceed 20 meters in height
This iconic hill in the capital of Valle del Cauca, began to be built as a religious site in 1937, with an iron cross.
Another of the most visited hills is in Medellín, El Picacho is known as “The Protective Sanctuary of the Aburrá Valley”, since at its top is Cristo Rey, a pilgrimage site of high religious value.
- El Picacho, located to the northwest, Comuna 12 de Octubre in Medellín.
While on Good Friday the traditional carrying of the cross is fulfilled, in Taminango in Nariño, within the framework of the Crucifixion of Jesus. Parishioners walk with her several kilometers.
More than 300 thousand parishioners visit the temples and tourist places in Nariño, Colombia.
The other mountain with figures and religious significance is Cerro de la Cruz or La Iguana, located in Pasto, the capital of Nariño.
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