Transformaciones en el paisaje del Valle del Río de la Magdalena

Transformations in the landscape of the Magdalena River Valley: Girardot and Apulo, the modernity that arrived by the rivers

Abstract

This article analyzes the changes in the cultural landscape of the Magdalena Valley, specifically in the municipalities of Girardot and Apulo, from pre-Columbian times to modernity. The transformation of the landscape is explored throughout three key moments: the historical and geographical context of the Magdalena Valley and the pre-Hispanic era, the colonial era and the urban development of Girardot and Apulo, and during the period of arrival and departure. rise of modernity, analyzing how it transforms and shapes the landscape. From the analysis of different periods and scales, it seeks to understand how the arrival of modernity left its mark on the landscape, transforming it into a cultural landscape bordering on modernity, a modernity that reached through the rivers to the interior of the mountain range of the Andes and shaped an industrial cultural landscape.