Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-08-22
- HE name with which Licenci.
ado don Gonzalo Jiminez de
Quesada and his warning hosts


christened the Andean plateau
was Santa Fee. To that nobleman
nothing seemed more fitting than to
give TO the land he had discovered the
name of his blrthplace-that classic
Santa Fe founded upon royal command
of Ferdinand and Isabella opposite the
opulent Granada, to vex the multitude
of hereto Mohammedans who aroused
the jealousy and resentment of the
Spanish by their fiestas and Journeys,
the valor of their sons, the Moorish
beauty of their women, and the UNI
equaled romance of their arched win
dows, stone lacewOrk, and balconies
adotned by expert goldsmiths.
And what a thrill the conqulstaGor
must have felt, yet what inconsistencies
must have been awakened within him
as he gazed upon plain watched over
by two somber hills, so like that of his
own land. with the Moorish Granada
guarding the Castilan city, writes w
+. Anzola Samper in the Bulletin of the
Pan American Union. But the Val
ley of Castles (valle de los Alcazares).
the Teuscaqulllo or recreation spot OF
Zipa de Bacata. its rlghtful possessor,
was renamed by the new lords in mail
and gorgct Bacata fled. abandoning
his dominion, to die In the heart Of
the forest. never knowing that after
centuries Justice should be paid hiih I;
that the 'very noble and loyal city"
should bear his name, slightly modified,
as decreed by the Emperor Charles V
In 1910. On December 3, 1918, il was
given coat of arms portrayng n
black eagle on gold field, with an
open pomegranate In each claw, and
bordered by golden branches on blue
field.
Old and New Are Mingled
Bogota. the intellectual and cul-
tured capital city, molder of thought
home of sayants and thinkers, Is a
metropolis which, while Offering to the
tourist no startling display of New
York or Partisan skyscrapers, houle-
wards or Brondways claims attention
by reason of the gifts with which ma
ture endowed It, Spring is there eter-
nal; the climate is ideal; the fertility
Of the soil surrounding is eAtracr
binary.
Bogoia consevcs VeSilgeS Of her
colonial period over the portals Of
rambling old houses which dcfcd the
ages are to be seen coats OF arms, The
| CCntury-old churches, venerable ROLES
Of The past, guard beneath panels o.
I gold and costly wood collections OF
mastery paintings; Byzantine cornices
Of arahesque designs abut the granite
! pilasters which support arches, and
under dals OF wrought gold and silver
the choir lofts are To be seen; long
/ spiral StalrCaseS, massive towers, unc
belfry spires stand out against the
clear sky, just as they did centuries
ago.
ON the other hand, the tendency to
ward twentieth century building Is ir
resistiblc, and the most up-to-date tai
eut is displayed in the erection of lux
. uriouS homes or public buildings II
Rogota today.
The national capital situated on tn
southern side of the Plaza dc Bolivar
resembles the Church of the Madclen,
In Paris, and is considered one of th'
best stone edihCeS i'm South America.
Along the entire western side of In,
plaza extends buildings uniformly o
pure French style, and along the north
ern side modern buildings occupied b.
banks and commercial houses tn
eastern side Is occupied by the cattle
dral, massive structure, the tower
Of which rise 80 meters, and some teN
old houses.
In the heart of the plaza there is
small park which attracts notice prln
clpally because of the statue of Boil