Eminyakeni engaba yizigidi ezingu-70 edlule, ngokwakhiwa kwe- Eastern Cordillera eColombia (igatsha lezintaba ezinkulu zase-Andes), kwakhiwa enye yezindawo ezinkulu kakhulu zosawoti emhlabeni, etholakala ezindaweni zalokho manje okuyindawo kamasipala waseZipaquirá , amakhilomitha angu-47 kuphela ukusuka edolobheni laseBogotá.
Abokuqala ukuthola nokusizakala ngengcebo enjalo kwakunguChibacha nabomdabu baseMuiscas eminyakeni engaphezu kwengama-600 eyedlule, kepha kwaba ngenxa yososayensi waseJalimane u-Alexander Von Humbolt lapho ukuqala kokuxhashazwa ngosawoti okufanelekile kwaphawulwa ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX.
Kwakungaleso sikhathi lapho abavukuzi, ababezinikele kakhulu eNcasakazini uMariya, beqala ukudweba ikusasa lalokhu namuhla okubhekwa njengesinye sezimangaliso zaseColombia, ubukhazikhazi usawoti Cathedral.
Ekuqaleni lezi zisebenzi zazakha isonto elincane ngaphakathi kwalezimayini; kodwa kwaba phakathi nekhulu lamashumi amabili lapho ukwesekwa kweKhathedrali enkulu kwasekelwa, okwasala cishe isigamu sekhulu leminyaka.
Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-90s, nangokusebenzisana kweColombian Society of Architects, kwakhiwa iSalt Cathedral yamanje yaseZipaquira, umsebenzi othathwa njengomunye wemisebenzi yobuciko neyokwakha evelele emhlabeni.
I-Cathedral iyindawo ekhangayo kakhulu eSalt Park complex , lapho izivakashi zingafunda khona nge-geology kanye nezinsiza zemvelo, futhi zijabulele umsebenzi wenkolo kuphela emhlabeni owenziwe ngalesi sici semvelo.