Santuario Del Señor Caido de Monseratte is the complete name in spanish, and Monseratte also mean "Mounts in form of teeth".
It´s located to a heigth of 10.338 Feets. It´s founden in the year 1640.
Juan De Borja went the one who authorized to Pedro Solís De Valenzuela the permints to built in the hill a chapel in honor of Our Mrs. of Monserrate "Nuestra Señora De Monseratte", original of a mount of Spain, very near to Barcelona.
The work was finished in 1657, thanks to the collaboration of the population from Bogotá or in that time called "Santafereños", that with concerted effort and like penance raised material for the construction.
Inside you can find "El Cristo Caido" (The Fallen Christ), the popular tradition says that the image arrive by mistake at the sanctuary, but when they were going to pull it down, the image began to weigth extremely heavy, that´s the reason why they left it there.
From : MissParticipación
