0040 - Colombia, Bogotá: Bolivar Plaza

Colombia, Bogotá: Bolivar Plaza - Capitolio Nacional de Colombia. The construction of the National Capitol took 50 years, started in 1876 and only finished in 1926. It houses the Congress of Colombia that consists of a Senate (102 seats) and the House of Representatives (166 seats). The statue is that of Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera who was 4 times president of Colombia.

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