Concepción, Antioquia Explained

Concepción
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:Colombia
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Colombia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Colombia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Antioquia Department
Coordinates:6.395°N -75.2583°W
Timezone:Colombia Standard Time
Utc Offset:-5

Concepción is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia and located 75km from Medellin.

The village was declared "Site of Cultural and National Interest" in 1999, for its stone streets and its exceptional state of conservation.

Sites of Interest

This small town preserves very beautiful colonial sites such as the main Church, the "Casa de la Cultura", where the independency's leader Jose Maria Cordova was born, and several colonial streets, among them Tulio Ospina, Eloy Alfaro, Santander and Cordova. All around many naturalistic sites: Matasano's falls, Aguacate's natural pool and amazing pier inside social Athakai farm.[1]

Climate

Concepción has a cool tropical rainforest climate (Af) due to altitude. It has very heavy rainfall year-round.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sites of Interest in Concepción - www.visitaconcepcion.com .