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El Gato del Río ("The River Cat") is a sculpture by Colombian artist Hernando Tejada. The sculpture was inaugurated on July 3, 1996 and is located on the side of the Cali River in Cali, Colombia. Over time, it has turned into a famous landmark of the city [1] along with the monument to Sebastián de Belalcázar and Cristo Rey.
Hernando Tejada Sáenz (February 1, 1924 in Pereira, Colombia – June 1, 1998 in Cali, Colombia), was a Colombian painter and sculptor. His most well-known sculpture, El Gato del Río, is a famous landmark of Cali, Colombia. Women and cats were common themes in his works.
José Alberto Tejada Echeverri (7 June 1957 – 28 February 2024) was a Colombian journalist, politician and accountant. He was recognized for covering the 2021 Colombian protests . [ 1 ] Tejada was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in the 2022 legislative election within the coalition of the Historical Pact for Colombia .
La Tertulia Museum, formerly known as the Museum of Modern Art La Tertulia, is an art museum in Cali, Colombia. It has an important collection of American and especially Colombian art. It has an important collection of American and especially Colombian art.
Lucy Tejada Saenz was born in Pereira, Colombia on October 9, 1920 and died in Cali, Colombia on November 2, 2011. She came from a family of artists (her brother was the painter Hernando Tejada). She came from a family of artists (her brother was the painter Hernando Tejada).
Puerto Tejada was officially made a town on September 17, 1897, in Monte Oscuro (Dark Mountain), named after General Manuel Tejada Sanchez. During the 18th and 19th centuries there had been uprisings of both black slaves and free blacks in the general area, and maroons had established settlements in Monte Oscuro, which provided great cover because of its dense tropical vegetation.
Cristo Rey (English: Christ the King) is a statue 26 meters tall located in the Cerro de los Cristales (Hill of the Crystals) in the village of Los Andes, west of the city of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. [1] The hill is so named because of the large amount of quartz that could be collected in the surrounding area.
Its capital is Santiago de Cali. Other cities such as Buenaventura , Buga , Cartago , Palmira and Tuluá have great economical, political, social and cultural influence on the department's life. Valle del Cauca has the largest number of independent (i.e., nonmetropolitan) towns with over 100,000 inhabitants in the country, counting six within ...