Plaza del Chorro is Flowing Again!

A minor milestone for a major Bogotá landmark

Spanish conquistadores founded Bogotá in 1538 at what's now known as La Plaza del Chorro - the Plaza of the Stream, or Fountain, of Water. (They had first fought and killed the Muisca Indians, who had a settlement in the same spot.)

However, for years, the plaza's fountain has been dry. 

But in recent days city workers fitted the fountain with a hose, setting the water flowing again. 

'Plaza of the dry fountain' - but it made a good bench.

It's wet again!

We'll see how long it lasts. 

By Mike Ceaser, of Bogotá Bike Tours