a or elected by the
Usaques. "What's usurpation of the throne by a gentleman Firavitoba,
tyrannical and violent man named Bermejo, civil wars that ended with the death
of that gentleman happened. These events continued to peace and the election of
a knight called Tobaza Nompanín and later one of Firavitoba Sugamuxi called,
and it was he whom the Spaniards found upon arrival at the kingdom,
"firavitobenses count.His Hispanic foundation took
place in 1655, with the name of San Antonio de Firavitoba.The
Indians were evangelized by the Franciscan fathers in the mid-sixteenth century.In
1691 the estate was acquired by the Jesuits, who came to be the most valuable
of the New Kingdom by his famous fertility, especially in the cultivation of
wheat, which was then the basis of the economy.The
village was destroyed by a tragedy, possibly a fire, which is why I had a
second foundation in 1718 under the name of Our Lady of the Snows Firavitoba.The
Firavitobenses been active in historical facts of great importance, such as the
Movement of the Communards of Socorro, in 1781."With
the increase in taxes in early 1781, José de los Santos Aguillon led an
uprising and gathered the men, whom he captained to the day of the capitulation
in Zipaquirá," says a historical review of Guillermo Alberto Camargo
Patarroyo.In Firavitoba the hero
Cayetano Abella, Sergeant Infantry Battalion fought heroically in Hunters
battlefields and died on the bridge of Boyaca August 7, 1819 was born.Hector
Granados, Augusto Salamanca and other military Firavitoba
