History of Jerico

Jericho then founded between 1845 and 1848 by Don Santiago Santamaria and Bermudez de Castro , rich man, enterprising, noble and generous, who had had such land by inheritance, purchases and changes; colonize the draft, brought under his control and direction a group of poor and working families from Amagá, Fredonia, Caldas, Envigado, Medellin Rionegro and to begin the process of colonization and founding of this region.

Currently, it is a town with many and varied reasons for visiting. Has religious attractions such as the House of Mother Laura , the Museum of Religious Art and its 16 chapels, some considered true gems. Nature also has been generous to Jericho , and its mountains guardians are desired destination for walkers and lovers of ecology . Your Park Home, one of the prettiest of Antioquia , retains an architecture that evokes the best years of the coffee culture. Quite a large mountain, in every corner of the streets evokes wonderful stories of Antioquia and splendor coffee and cattle