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Lake Guatavita

Crater lake northeast of Bogotá, sacred to the Muisca. Chroniclers tell of a ruler covered in gold dust offering gold to the lake, the story behind the El Dorado legend. Several drainage attempts followed.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1538 CE disputed
  Spaniards enter the Muisca lands; the gilded-chief ritual enters the chronicles (the legend itself is contested) source
• 1580 CE disputed
  Antonio de Sepúlveda cuts a notch to drain the lake and finds some gold source

Where

4.9800° N, 73.7800° W

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Guatavita

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