History of the Señor de Los milagros

This is a very pretty story, familiar to all the Bugueños.

History of the Señor de Los milagros

The year 1580 was a small hamlet Buga. Buga river then ran through the site where now the Temple of the Señor de los milagros. On the left side of the river had a straw "Ranchito" india where he lived an old woman whose office was doing laundry. His dream was to buy a crucifix and was collecting money for it until it joined seventy (70) reales. Would take to cure the price of the crucifix, as he passed through there a man, father, crying 'cause take him to the jail because it had seventy reales and what was not paid.

The Indian was filled with sadness and longing to leave their preferred later and helped the poor man, who blessed for having saved. Days later I was washing clothes outside again when brought by the river came into his hands a crucifix, she was the most precious jewel. As it could not belong to anybody because it was completely uninhabited upstream, was happy with his discovery and he improvised an "altarcito" and lovingly placed it in a wooden box.

One night he heard tapping on the site where he kept the picture and took a big surprise when he saw the Holy Christ and the box had grown significantly, but that it was imagined illusion from your eyes weakened by age.

The image continued to grow and when he said, was already close to a meter height.
She told the gentlemen of the most important people, who see it and realize that the poor lady had no money to get a cross of this size was confirmed that a miracle.

Devotees start removing pieces to carry and were to deteriorate to a special visitor arrived from Popayán ordered burned. Being thrown into the flames the image began to sweat copiously during two days so that the neighbors soaked cotton swabs to take as relics and get healing. The year was 1607.

After this image was more beautiful. People began to have great devotion to this miracle and come from all pilgrims and pilgrimages to visit the sick to obtain healing and achieving benefits the needy.

After these events the chronicle of 1819, the Ranchito the elderly became a meeting place for devotees and was given the name by which he is known for centuries "El Señor de Los Milagros".

After the death of the old woman thought to be the place where the crucifix should be placed. "Ranchito" his left near the water and grew, it changed its course and turned away, he left open the site near the place of its occurrence, to build their temple, which was built small and it was called "La Ermita".

The Holy Christ is a touching image, carved in wood, but this has been fortified with pulp and is well conserved, despite its age. The cross is 1.70 meters high and 1.30 wide. The image is dark. The cross is the sign INRI (meaning: "Jesus Nazarene, King of the Jews"), the emerging rays of silver cross, which had gifted his devotees and the crown is gold and precious stones. Head of the Holy Christ is highly inclined, for their injuries, especially on the side, pour plenty of blood, hair bloodied also falls into two bundles on their shoulders. The face haunted by the pain kept an expression of resignation and impressive majesty. The eyes are closed and lips ajar.

Images (in order of appearance)
1. Statue and mural in the Hermitage, represent the story of the milagroso de Buga
2. Aerial view of the lower basilica of the Señor de los Milagros
3. The Hermitage, located in the place where was the "Ranchito"'s india
4. Statue representing the time that india is the crucifix
5. Señor de los Milagros de Buga

Guadalajara de Buga's Signs

The Buga's flag as historians is the same as flying in the Battle of the Alto Palace, led by José María Cabal.
Flag vowed that the July 20 1813 the armies of Nariño, in launching the campaign in the south, consisted of three horizontal strips, with the following colors: yellow gold, signifying the wealth of our soil, the average color of the strip Green shows the fertility of our land and the lower red, symbolizing the blood spilled and the patriotism of the sons of heroes Guadalajara de Buga, for the sake of independence.
Buga's Flag is about the same state of Cartagena in 1812, which died in the Atanasio Girardot wrapped on top of Bárbula.

The shield is of Spanish, holds in the upper crown, which symbolizes the majesty and offspring of the Spanish Crown. It is divided into three quarters: the top contains a double-sized bright sun, which means the geographical location of Buga in the tropics, the bottom left shows a pair of "halberdiers" in balance with their arms, signifying that the king did Plaza de Armas and the lower right section contains the figure of two lions to express the greatness and courage of the children of Guadalajara de Buga.

Guadalajara de Buga, The Madam City (Guadalajara de Buga, La ciudad Señora)

(Image: Guadalajara de Buga, 1880).
Guadalajara de Buga, is a small town of Valle del Cauca, and one of the oldest cities in Colombia, according to historians had four foundations in different places and at different dates.

At the time of the conquest, their lands were habited by various and brave warrior tribes.
Buga's name comes from the tribes that populate the upper valleys of the Cordillera (Image: Guadalajara de Buga, view from the "Derrumbado") Central, where he founded "Buga la vieja". Etymologically speaking, the name of Buga is an Caribbean word and means "Pais de la Lanza(Land of the Spear)."
Note that Pijao, the Bugas and the Quinamanoes were Caribbean descent, from archipelagos Antilleans penetrated into the hinterland through rivers Colombians to settle in the mountains and valleys.


The first time was founded by the master Giraldo Gil de Estupiñan, in the headwaters of the Rio Buga La Grande, in the year 1555, giving it the name "Nueva Jerez de Los Caballeros" which was soon attacked, looted and burned by Pijao Indians, killing many, among them at the same founder. It was rebuilt in the territory of the Indians in the region Quinamanoes called "Babaya" which was located in the mountains at the foot of the Cerro Pan de Azúcar.

(Image: Guadalajara de Buga in The Valle del Cauca Department)

The second foundation was renamed the "Guadalajara de Buga" and third with the same name, later to become the capital of the province between 1834 and 1887, the year in which it was incorporated as a municipality. in 1908 was the capital of the department for twenty months to the creation of the Department of Valle in Cali as its capital.


The King Felipe II of Spain, gave him the title of City in the late sixteenth century and was granted its coat of arms for the many services rendered to the crown. Thus, in 1810 Buga was part of the confederated cities of Valle del Cauca and provided blood and patriotism of her children, including that of General José María Cabal, Francisco and Miguel Cabal. On January 11, 1822, the Liberator Simón Bolívar visited Buga, turning 26 and
December 27, 1829, two commemorative plaques placed in the houses where we stayed recall this event.







Guadalajara de Buga's coat of arms