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El Carmen de Viboral was founded in 1752, although others had already established their farms in Carmelite territory, Father Fabián Sebastián Jiménez de Fajardo and Duque de Estrada cura de Marinilla and his brother Juan Bautista, with slave labor, established a farm of Recreation or resting place that received the name of Carmen, in which they built a chapel.

El Carmen de las Cimarronas was populated by settlers, laborers, day laborers, indigenous people and slaves who were dedicated to agriculture, livestock, the exploitation of primitive forests.

Its primitive settlers were the Tahamíes Indians of the Quiramas Indian tribe.

In the last years of the 18th century, in 1787 the image of Our Lady of Carmen was brought from Quito and considering the increase in the population, the erection of El Carmen was requested in Parish. In 1807 the category of parish was granted with the name of Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Viboral. With the parish the first limits were assigned to him; from there it was recognized its own territory.

It is considered by tradition, although there is no known administrative act on the civil erection of the Parish District, that El Carmen began its life with its own administration in 1814.

Initially it was called the Site of Our Lady of Carmen de Cimarronas. The hacienda where the population began received the name of El Carmen, about which one version indicates that due to the devotion to this virgin, and another version, due to the beauty of the landscape that reminded the Spanish settlers of the gardens or Cármenes of Granada, in Spain. The thing about ´´El Viboral´´ is, apparently, due to the snakes that abounded on the right bank of the Cimarronas river.

The identity of the Carmelites is built by a history that speaks of their miscegenation, especially between indigenous people and whites, a culture that was built in the 18th and 19th centuries under the formation of the religious and moral power of the Catholic Church, the life of the countryside and livestock. The attitudes of neutrality and independence that the Carmelites had to develop because they were in the midst of the conflictive relationships that Rionegro and Marinilla had between them. Learning to overcome internal conflicts, at the end of the 19th century and during the first half of the 20th century, generated by the dispute over territory, the exercise of power and the emergence of new forms of life introduced by those who brought pottery. The assimilation of the changes with which ceramics opened the world to the Carmelites. The work of women in factories, since the beginning of the 20th century. The strength that he gave to the family union by the non-migration of men to other lands in search of sustenance.





El Carmen de Viboral is a municipality of Colombia, located in the eastern subregion of the department of Antioquia. It limits to the north with the municipalities of Marinilla, Cocorná and El Santuario, to the east with the municipality of Cocorná, to the south with the municipality of Sonsón and to the west with the municipalities of La Unión, La Ceja and Rionegro.

El Carmen de Viboral is known as the Cradle of artisan ceramics, as it is the place where there are several ceramic-producing factories, in addition to the good reputation they have.

Appellation: Blue pearl from eastern Antioquia.

The municipality is divided into seven townships: Santa Rita, Santa Inés, Aguas Claras, Alto Grande, La Esperanza, La Madera and La Chapa and 2 population centers, La sunken, and La aurora.

It has 57 trails, including La Milagrosa, Campo Alegre, La Florida, La Linda, and San José. La Aguada, La Cascada, La Represa and La Cristalina.

Access Routes

Route 1: Medellín Bogotá Highway (Medellín-Belen-Rionegro - El Carmen)

Route 2: Santa Elena (Medellín-Santa Elena-Airport-Rionegro-El Carmen)

Route 3: Las Palmas (Medellín-Rionegro - El Carmen)

Route 4: The Sanctuary-El Carmen

Route 5: La Ceja-El Carmen

Route 6: La Unión-El Carmen

Distance to the municipality of Rionegro, 10 Kilometers

Distance to the municipality of Santuario, 12 Kilometers

Distance to José María Córdova Airport 25 km.

Distance to the city of Medellín, 54 Kilometers

The municipality of El Carmen de Viboral is located in the central mountain range of the Andes, in the San Nicolás Valley to the east of the department of Antioquia. The municipality has three thermal floors, its altitude varies between 800m and 3,000 meters above sea level, which allows all kinds of crops such as: beans, potatoes, corn, avocados, tree tomatoes, blackberries, legumes and vegetables and aromatic plants.

Economy

It is based on the trade, the ceramic industry, and the agriculture of potatoes and cabuya, corn, vegetables, beans, legumes and blackberries, and other fruits typical of the climate

El Carmen de Viboral also has industries such as:

Pottery exploitation

Food and Ceramic Industries

In livestock, the livestock, meat, milk, and grain industries are active, such as beans and corn

The city has important research and education centers, such as the cybercenter of the University of Antioquia, the headquarters of the De Oriente sectional University of Antioquia, the National School of Ceramics ´´ Jorge Eliecer Gaitán technical industrial institute, The Antioquia Technological Park , The Carmen de Viboral Institute of Culture, among others. That promote industry and productivity in the new generations of the Region.





Gastronomy

Typical of the population are the Arepas de chócolo and cheeses, as well as delicious sweets and other Antioquia dishes such as the international Bandeja paisa.

Historical artistic heritage and ecological destinations

Ceramic factories

Country farms

Institute of Culture

Convention Center. Called Quirama Enclosure, it is an imposing and famous place throughout the country, where large caliber ´´thinking tanks´´ and events of all kinds have been developed; it is also located in the middle of a green landscape that enchants

El Pórtico Linear Park. In the shape of a half moon, in which there are samples of tableware typical of the region

Cemetery. It has green areas, gardens and different types of trees, such as pines and palm trees. It is a large place and it is located on the side of the road. The entrance leads to a temple with a red dome and a cross at the top

La Alhambra Park. It is a miniature park surrounded by green areas. It has wooden chairs, colonial lamps, a monument to La Mujer - carrying a child - and another to the Virgen del Carmen with the phrase: ´´Refugium peccatorum ora pro nobis´´; also a plaque that reads: ´´To the memory of the virtuous man of God, priest Ruperto de Jesús Betancur, honor and peace of his Carmelite people. El Carmen de Viboral November 1, 1982

El Picacho Fall. 13-meter high waterfall from the Cocorná River. Its waters are clear, transparent and cold

Sixto Arango Gallo House of Culture. It is the promoter of the cultural diversity of the municipality, the arts, letters and all the manifestations, distinctive, spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of the Carmelite community. It is tangible and intangible cultural heritage, due to the beauty, tradition and architecture of the building and due to the historical work of training, promoting and fostering local cultural activity in dialogue with other cultures.

Monument to Simón Bolívar. This sculpture is on a stone and marble base and has two plates that say: ´´He who abandons everything to be useful to the country loses nothing and wins when it consecrates him. Bolívar 1814 - 1989. El Carmen de Viboral, 175 years of perpetual testimony to the champions of freedom and forgers of the municipality. November 11, 1989, Society for Public Improvements´´. The other says: ´´The Municipal Council, period 2001 - 2003, pays tribute of recognition to its founders in commemoration of the 250 years of life of Carmen de Viboral. December 2003´´.

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