Malunga nezigidi ezingama-70 zeminyaka eyadlulayo, ngokusekwa kwe EMpuma Cordillera EColombia (isebe leentaba ezinkulu zeAndes), enye yezona ndawo zinkulu zetyuwa emhlabeni yenziwa, emi kwimimandla ekungumasipala wayo ngoku Zipaquira, ziikhilomitha ezingama-47 ukusuka kwisixeko sase Bogotá.
Abokuqala ukufumanisa nokuxhamla kobo butyebi yayiziiChibacha zemveli kunye neMuiscas kwiminyaka engaphezulu kwama-600 eyadlulayo, kodwa yayinombulelo kwisazinzulu saseJamani u-Alexander Von Humbolt apho kwaqala khona ukusetyenziswa gwenxa kwetyuwa kwaphawulwa ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-XNUMX. .
Kwakungelo xesha xa abasebenzi basezimayini, ababezinikele kakhulu kwiNtombikazi enguMariya, baqala ukudweba ikamva lento namhlanje ithathwa njengeminye yemimangaliso yaseColombia, indumasi ityiwa Cathedral.
Ekuqaleni aba basebenzi bakha indlu encinci yenkonzo ngaphakathi kwezi migodi; kodwa kwakule nkulungwane yamashumi amabini apho inkxaso-mali yokwakhiwa kweCathedral enkulu yaxhaswa, neyathi yahlala phantse isiqingatha senkulungwane.
Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-90, kunye nentsebenziswano ye-Colombian Society of Architects, i-Cathedral yetyuwa yase-Zipaquira yangoku iyilelwe, umsebenzi ogqalwa njengomnye wemisebenzi yobugcisa neyakhayo ehlabathini.
ICathedral yeyona nto inomtsalane kubunzima Ipaki yetyuwa, apho iindwendwe zingafunda malunga nokwakheka kwendalo kunye nobutyebi bendalo, zibabaze kuphela umsebenzi wezenkolo owenziweyo ngale nto yendalo.