The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia, separate from the Andes range that runs through the north of the country. Reaching an elevation of 5,700 m just 42
Sierra Nevada viewed from Valledupar
Satellite view of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Tairona or Tayrona was a Pre-Columbian cultural tradition characterised by a set of intense and complex relations between the coast, the slopes and the mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta sh
Tairona figure pendants in gold
Tairona necklace and earrings. Shaped like cymbals. 1000 CE. San Antonio Museum of Art
Ancient Tairona Ornament. Movable parts on the nose and hands. Museum-quality artefact - courtesy the Wovensouls collection.