Antioquia Department
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Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with
The Sonsón Páramo
Guatapé reservoir
La Ceja
Paisa people
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A Paisa is someone from a region in the northwest of Colombia, including part of the West and Central cordilleras of the Andes in Colombia. The Paisa region is formed by the departments of Antioquia,
Antioquia Department
…Jews) arrived from Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Portugal, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Syria. Many people from Antioquia are referred to as Paisas, people of mainly Spanish ancestry, a lot of them Basque. There is a small Afro-Colombian and Zambo-Colombian (people of Indigenous and African descent…
The fictional character Juan Valdez is a paisa stereotype.
Monumento a la Raza by Rodrigo Arenas. Bronze and concrete, 38 m height, located in La Alpujarra Administrative Center, Medellín, Antioquia.
General José María Córdova, the "Bolívar" of the Paisa Region.
President Rafael Reyes. His policies made a great benefit for the development of the Paisa Region. He proposed the creation of the Caldas Department.