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The Panches, Pantagoras, Marquetones and Bledos tribes seem to have been the first settlers of this region. They were some of the tribes most feared by the Muiscas. They formed a manorial hierarchical Society directed by a chief.

Towards the middle of the XIX century, a new colonizing and conquering movement of adventurers from Antioquia from the south was presented, towards the jungle slope, in search of lands, wastelands and mines without an owner, in order to be acquired by titles of effort and incorporated into the national economy. This is how a colonized caravan from Antioqueños, led by Isidro Parra, found, going down to the northwest, a valley sown with stout cedars and oaks with a few huts built since 1850, by virtue of the Decree of April 23, 1849, and which the name of Lebanon.

The organization and the symmetrical layout of its urban area began, being configured as a village around 1886. From this moment and until 1900, Lebanon developed as an important village, fighting against the jungle, opening bridle paths in all directions , placing at the end of this period in the category of province that included the current municipalities of Villahermosa, Casabianca, Fresno, Herveo and Santa Isabel, with approximately 1500 to 2000 inhabitants.

The socio-economic development of the region was oriented by its founders towards the exploitation of an important mining power and towards the cultivation of coffee, which has become the characteristic and main element of the Lebanese economy, society and culture.

It is important to note that the city of Lebanon is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Lebanon-Honda created by S.S. John Paul II on July 26, 1989, by the Bull ´´Ita Yam´´. The territorial area of ​​the diocese covers an area of ​​3,477 km with approximately 240,000 inhabitants. Its first Bishop was Mons. José Luis Serna Alzate, who took office on October 7, 1989. On February 12, 2005, Mons. José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez, its current bishop, became the third bishop of the Diocese.





Líbano is a Colombian municipality located in the department of Tolima. It has an average temperature of 20 ° C. Its economic activities are agriculture, livestock and mining. The Nevado del Ruíz is located in its territory. Its population is 39,185 inhabitants (according to the 1993 census).

Physical description:

The municipality of Líbano is located to the north of the Department of Tolima, its head is located on 4 ° 55´ north latitude and 75 ° 04´ longitude west of Greenwich.

Limits of the municipality:

north: with the municipalities of Villahermosa and Armero

west: with the municipality of murillo

Oriente: with the municipalities of Lérida and Santa Isabel

south: with the municipality of Santa Isabel

Total extension: 299.44 Km2

Urban area extension: 3.28 Km2

Rural area extension: 296.16 Km2

Altitude of the municipal seat (meters above sea level): 1,565

Average temperature: 20º C

Reference distance: 120 Kilometers to Ibagué

Communication channels

Terrestrial:

120 kilometers from Ibagué.

Finding yourself in Manizales, you must find the way that leads to the city of Bogotá. At kilometer 25 you will find the place called La Esperanza or El Ocho, from where you take the road to Los Nevados Park to the Brisas Visitor Induction Center, the main door to the Park, located 14 kilometers from the entrance and 4,050 meters high . In the Brisas Sector, ticket office officials will give you an induction talk, and after the visitor registration, guides will be assigned.



Being in Bogotá, you must take the Honda - Manizales road to the sector called La Esperanza or El Ocho, from where you take the road to Los Nevados Park, to the Brisas Visitors Induction Center, located 14 kilometers from the entrance and 4,050 meters high, in a journey of approximately 8 hours.





We invite you to live an unforgettable and unique experience in a place full of magic, freedom and with the charm of this paradise, where your spirit can live and feel a space of peace and harmony, in a place that will caress your senses, where the imposing but always sublime majesty of Nature allows us to penetrate the bowels of these beautiful mountains, so dare to live this adventure.

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