The Municipality of El Calvario was founded
in 1911 by the French Father Juan Bautista de Arnaud who belonged to the
religious community Monfortiana and subsequent migration of settler families
from Choachí, Cáqueza, Fosca, Junín and Ubaque who contribute to build the
village after Construction of the first church founded by the French
missionary; The current Municipality of Calvary was inscribed in 1916 as
township located in Villavicencio (Quartermaster Meta) and declared as
municipality in 1945, but officially gets his title in 1955 by the intendant
Decree No 182 and ratified by the National