Pácora, Caldas
Pácora is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Caldas. It is located in northern Caldas-Department, on the slopes of the Andes Central Mountains of the Republic of Colombia. With an average annual temperature of 18 °C, the town is bordered to the northeast with Aguadas, Caldas, to the south with Salamina, Caldas and La Merced, and to the west separated by the Cauca River, Marmato-Caldas and Caramanta-Antioquia department. The villages in Pácora are San Bartolomé, Castilla, Las Coles, Los Morros, San Lorenzo and Buenos Aires. History The Quimbaya civilization (Pozos, Armas and Paucuras), were the region native Indians whom Mariscal Jorge Robledo found at the time of the Spanish conquest. When Robledo fought against them, he saw the natives wearing gold bracelets, rings and necklaces. Robledo, looking for fortune and riches, chased them down, but before reaching the creek of Pácora, they disappeared into the jungle. Pácora has an important historical site, the Stone-Cave of Pipintá, located in Loma de Pozo at 1500 meters above sea level. It consists of a huge rock that hides the entrances to the cave used by the Pozos as a trade route with the neighboring towns of Arma and the gold-mining