Estado social, costumbres

Abstract

The image contains news about customs in Bogotá, which highlights that it was not the main cultural center of the country. Cartagena and Popayán stood out more, with Cartagena being the important commercial and political focus during the Colony, and Popayán a place where some aristocratic families resided. The large haciendas in the Bogotá Savannah and its surroundings belong to religious communities. The hamlet in Bogotá between 1840 and 1848 was modest, with few high-rent houses. Most families lived in houses whose rent ranged between ten and twenty-five pesos per month. Ordinary houses were worth between one thousand and ten thousand pesos. News published in Intermedio No. 345, February 6-1957.