History of Girardot

eaving and entering the city of Bogotá . Additional to that Girardot became the most important port for Colombian coffee output abroad, and likewise threshing the coffee industry is largely concentrated in the city. Similarly the village of Flanders across the Magdalena River is involved in such a move that its growth was such that it became a municipality in 1912.

In the 1940s and 1950s were decreed important aid for the construction of the market square, the hotel Tocarema, fairs Square, the same way it provides funding for the fire department, are plotted new water and sewage networks while advancing the paving of most streets.

With the fall of river navigation in the country and The proliferation of rail transportation, Girardot remained the strategic point of connection between the country and the capital, and that leads to the construction of the railway between Girardot and Facatativá and later to Bogota. Then this would connect with the Pacific Railroad. It is logical that the city start a new trend of urban growth ignoring the Magdalena river and concentrating on the railways. Today, railroad lines and the national railway buildings of the city and Flanders municipal are part of the national heritage.

Central Bank (Current).

Girardot and Flanders marked the history of aviation in Colombia with the first flight in the country by Scadta (Avianca today) from Barranquilla to town on the Magdalena River, then the construction of the airport Santiago Vila in Flanders before existed Roof airport in Bogota served as a bridge connecting the city and the country. For historical purposes, the October 19, 1920 Helmuth Van Krohn made ​​the first flight between