Sogamoso is a city in Boyacá, Colombia. The city itself isn’t worth seeing, although it is central to several smaller towns worth visiting.
Firavitoba is a small town in Boyacá, Colombia. It’s an agricultural town with nothing to offer tourists other than a couple beautiful plazas. We passed through on our way from Paipa to Lake Tota.
Hacienda El Salitre is a historic villa dating back to 1736. Now serving as a hotel, it’s historically significant because it was used as a temporary headquarters for Simón Bolívar during the independence campaign for Nuevo Granada (now Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama).
On July 25, 1819, at Pantano de Vargas, troops led by Simón Bolívar confronted Spanish royalist troops who were trying to reach Bogotá, which was lightly defended. Even though they were exhausted after crossing a mountain pass, they defeated the royalists. This victory was followed by another at Puente de Boyacá just two weeks later, securing independence from Spain for Nuevo Granada (now Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama).
Other than Pueblito Boyacense, there’s no reason to stick around in Duitama. It’s a decent sized city in the department of Boyacá but there’s nothing of interest to see.