Pequeña historia acerca de los comienzos de la ciudad de Montería

1. MONTERÍA

2. Montería
 Gamekeeping was founded on May 1, 1777 by Don Antonio de la Torre and
Miranda, who moved to its current location on the right bank of the Sinu River
and named it San Jeronimo de Buenavista.

3.  Later was renamed San Jerónimo of Monteria, in name the first town erected
on the site of the camps, so named for being the meeting place of the hunters
who hunted in the surrounding area.

4.  In many documentary sources of Torrezar Don Juan Diaz Pimienta it appears
as the founder of Monteria, whom he baptized with the name of San Jeronimo
of Buenavista. History books Monteria, Professor Jaime Exbrayat, and
Geography Department of Cordoba, Don Severo J. Garcia, published in 1971,
reported this version, indicating a later refounding by Antonio de la Torre and
Miranda with the name San Jeronimo of Montería.

5.  A little-known story, narrated by the historian, is the presence of indigenous
sinuanos in Cartagena, requesting the founding of the city. For the first five
Indians traveled request and remained until 1761, and for the second two e
Indian carriers were sent document.