Laches, Bogotá Explained
| Laches |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Colombia Bogotá |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
| Coordinates: | 4.585°N -74.0656°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Colombia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Distrito Capital |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bogotá |
| Established Title: | Established[1] |
| Established Date: | 8 December 1961 |
Laches is a neighbourhood (barrio) of Bogotá, Colombia. It is in the Santa Fe district in east-central Bogotá, on the edge of the forest reserve. In fact, some 4,500 inhabitants, mostly from the poorer strata of society, live in the forest reserve area in illegal dwellings.[2]
Borders
Laches lies on the edge of the eastern hills of Bogotá and is bounded on the north by La Peña neighbourhood, on the east by forest reserve, on the south by El Rocio neighbourhood, on the west by Lourdes neighbourhood and on the northwest by El Guavio neighbourhood.
History
Members of the Lache people settled in this area as Bogotá grew. One of the earliest churches, "Nuestra Señora de la Peña" (Our Lady of the Rock) was built in Laches in 1722.[3] The church contains a stone carving weighing 400 kilograms said to depict the "Holy Family" (Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the Archangel Michael), which carving was found in 1685 near Cerro Guadalupe.
In 1961, the government officially recognized Laches.[4]
External links
- Web site: Colombia es Color. 31 December 2007. Photo: Barrio Los Laches. Panoramio. https://web.archive.org/web/20090421152402/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7150928. 21 April 2009. live.
- Web site: Roldán, Mariana Escobar. Photo: Los Laches. Campus Universitario del Puente del Común, Universidad de la Sabana. https://web.archive.org/web/20130609212645/http://www.unisabanaradio.tv/contenidos/Laches.jpg. 9 June 2013. live.
- Web site: Map of the Laches area of Bogotá.
Notes and References
- Web site: 5 December 2011 . 50 años cumple el barrio Los Laches (The neighborhood Los Laches reaches 50 years) . Instituto Distrital de la Participación y Acción Comunal, Government of Bogotá . https://web.archive.org/web/20130609212343/http://www.participacionbogota.gov.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2562%3A50-anos-cumple-el-barrio-los-laches&catid=113%3Anoticias . 9 June 2013 . live .
- Web site: 11 September 2011. Futuro incierto para los Cerros Orientales de Bogotá (Sustainable Development in the Eastern Hills of Bogota). Campus Universitario del Puente del Común, Universidad de la Sabana. https://web.archive.org/web/20130609212358/http://www.unisabanaradio.tv/publicaciones/detalle_publicaciones.php?idarticulo=301&idcat=1&idsubcat=6. 9 June 2013. live.
- Web site: Santuario de La Peña. Instituto Distrital de Patrimonio Cultural (Bogotá). 2013-06-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20131102102930/http://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.co/descargas/Santuario_de_La_Pena.pdf. 2013-11-02. dead.
- Council Resolution No 1961-094. Web site: 18 December 2006. Los Laches está de cumpleaños. La Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá. 9 June 2013. https://archive.today/20120629180008/http://www.bogota.gov.co/portel/libreria/php/frame_detalle.php?h_id=16320&patron=01.. 29 June 2012. dead.
