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Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy

The Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy is a basilica Colombian cult Catholic Township Yarumal ( Antioquia ). It is the parish seat of the same name and belongs to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos. The temple is dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title of the Merced or the Mercedes is the patron, and San Luis Gonzaga is the owner. Style building is neo-Renaissance, built a temple to have higher proportions in the same place where the original church was located Yarumal. Started in 1866, its construction went through many difficulties. The massive funding required by the project, the civil wars of the late nineteenth century, the collapse of part of the temple in 1890 or the earthquake of 1938, delayed its completion until 1944, the year of his consecration. During construction the Chapel of St. Louis (originally the church of the old cemetery) made the parish church.

Chapel of Our Lady of Carmen (Yarumal)

The Chapel of Our Lady of Carmen chapel known as St. Louis, is a temple Colombian cult Catholic, located in the municipality of Yarumal ( Antioquia ) and belongs to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos. The temple is dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the name of Carmen. The building was originally the chapel of the old cemetery, then served for over 80 years as a parish church, while building the Church of La Merced, later served as a hospital chapel, and when in 1960 established the parish of the Immaculate was temporarily parish church also up for a while came to serve as "Cathedral". As construction of the temple of La Merced was delayed so many generations that were born and died having as parish church to the chapel, hence the confusion arises, which ensures that the chapel was the first temple of Yarumal, which does not is true.

Xaverian Missionaries of Yarumal

Xaverian Missionaries of Yarumal, also known as Missionaries of Yarumal and officially as the Institute of Foreign Missions of Yarumal (IMEY acronym), form a Institute of Apostolic Life in the Catholic Church. Its origin city Yarumal ( Antioquia, Colombia ).On July 3 of 1927 Monsignor Miguel Angel Builes, bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos founded Yarumal Missions Seminar with the aim of training to be sent many missionaries to evangelize in different regions of Colombia and the world. In 1938 they were ordained priests in the first seven missionaries who were sent to evangelize in regions of the Middle Magdalena in Colombia. As he grew the number of missionaries, the seminar was organized as a Missionary Institute under the direction of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples of the Catholic Church. In 1953 the Holy See entrusted the Institute of Foreign Missions of Yarumal - IMEY - the establishment and administration of the Prefecture Apostolic of Mitu, ( Department of Vaupés ), the Apostolic Prefecture of Labateca, the Vicariate Apostolic of Buenaventura and the Vicariate Apostolic of Istmina. Years later, the Apostolic Prefecture of Labateca is incerto the Apostolic Vicariate of Arauca.

Arch Bridge Velez

Those who enjoy hiking ecological often directed to this place where there is a ruined arch. Site was forced trade between the Atlantic Coast and the Midwest. It was built in 1887 and named in honor Puente Vélez and general counsel envigadeño Marcelino Velez Barreneche. The work was built by Baldomero Jaramillo Ruiz.

Puentepiedra

Puentepiedra natural bridge over the river Nechí, located about 12 kilometers from the urban area. You can access it from the road to Angostura, near the bridge Mallarino. The river flows under a rock formation so you can not see or hear, and reappears on the surface about 600 m below.
 

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