Place: Santa Cruz de Mompox, Colombia
Weather: Mostly cloudy in the morning with scattered thunderstorms developing later in the day 74/88F.
Route: From Cartagena 301 km SE on 25 and 78.
Significance: Santa Cruz de Mompox was one of the first cities the Spanish established in the Northern South American inland, in 1540. There are many buildings here still standing from the 16th-19th centuries. The city is built on the Magdalena River.
Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site
Images:
Church of La Concepcion (from uncovercolombia.com)
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