Villa de Leyva

A colonial town in the Boyacá highlands preserved as a national monument since 1954, Villa de Leyva is centered on one of the largest plazas in South America — a cobblestoned expanse of some 14,000 square meters flanked by whitewashed colonial facades. The surrounding semi-arid landscape of desert canyons and fossil-bearing hillsides contrasts with the town's colonial architecture. A paleontological museum nearby displays a nearly complete kronosaurus skeleton.