THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CITY OF GOLD

Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada learned Lake Guatavita plus the rituals from the Muisca tribe in 1537. Quesada, as well as explorers that followed, surmised a fortune in gold lay at the bottom in the lake, after witnessing or hearing on the elaborate choices produced by the locals. In 1545, explorers Lázaro Fonte and Hernán Perez