Museo Arqueológico la Merced

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White colonial church with a bell tower and tiled roofs behind a clipped hedge, modern high-rises rising behind it.

Housed in an 18th-century annex to La Merced, this interesting museum contains a collection of pre-Columbian pottery left behind by the major cultures from central and southern Colombia, such as the Tierradentro, Tolima and San Agustín. Among the highlights are figurines from the Tumaco culture and intricately painted Quimbaya vessels.

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