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Popayán: the Historic Colombian City that Resisted an Extreme Earthquake

Summary by Billiken
Located in the southwestern part of Colombia, Popayán is the capital of the department of Cauca and a city with a strong historical, cultural and religious identity. It is known as the White City because of the chromatic uniformity of many of its constructions of the historic center. Today it retains that colonial profile, but its trajectory was crossed by a decisive fact: the earthquake of March 31, 1983, which was close to erasing centuries of…
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Located in the southwestern part of Colombia, Popayán is the capital of the department of Cauca and a city with a strong historical, cultural and religious identity. It is known as the White City because of the chromatic uniformity of many of its constructions of the historic center. Today it retains that colonial profile, but its trajectory was crossed by a decisive fact: the earthquake of March 31, 1983, which was close to erasing centuries of…

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Billiken broke the news in on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
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