The lost City
• Was discovered in 1976 by a team of archaeologists from the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and led by Gilberto Cadavid Luisa Fernanda Herrera and restored almost completely. Recent (2006) Archaeological investigations at the site indicate that this town was founded around 660 AD and abandoned sometime between 1550 and 1600 AD It is one of the more than 250 villages have been found tairona on the north side and southwest of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Were detected in around 26 other towns, and some of these sites have been carried out archaeological excavations. Was closed between 900 and 1,200 meters above the foothills of Mount Belt in the north of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, on the right bank Buritaca.
• It is known as Teyuna by Indians in the area and therefore their middle name: Lost City Archeological Park-Teyuna, but within the classification of archaeological sites for the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is also known as Buritaca. The site includes a complex of buildings, paved roads, stairs and walls interconnected by a series of terraces and platforms on which the ceremonial centers were built, houses and food storage sites. The structures discovered until now occupy an area of approximately 35 hectares. Since its discovery has been run by the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and National Archaeological Park. In 2007, the Ciudad Perdida or (Teyuna) won the 5 position as one of the 7 Wonders of Colombia, by a vote of more than 14,000 votes.
• Video:
• http://www.caracoltv.com/senal-internacional/producciones/informativos/colombiamascerca/video165471-la-ciudad-perdida
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