CAMINO REAL

The road that has served for centuries as a contact point between the history of Huila and America, travels a great distance by the municipality of Iquira, following the route through the landscape that seems to have drawn the same nature.

The main route of the highway that goes from west to land Popayan and off through north and south of the territory coming from Teruel crossing the paths of the cane, Dinde, delight and Santa Barbara, where even some segments are preserved ; besides the high road is south of Mount black hill, bordering tesalia, this borders on the sidewalk the cachimbo with an extension of 2 kilometers.

This path is known as the only gateway to the southern provinces achieving the division of the road with a branch to Peru that connected Santa Fe with Popayan, the southern areas and remove where two other branches were opened, the first coming the moor of guanacos silver, Neiva, Tocayman; the second by Cali, Buga, Cartago, Quindio, Ibagué, deep and Santa Fe de Bogota, where provinces were so trajinadas by taking goods paijaos travelers.

Today are still preserved the hydraulic engineering built to allow people who pass not damaged.

By: Charid Manuel Cedeño Cedeño 10-02