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Laguna de Ortices, a marvel between the mountains of Santander

The Laguna de Ortices is considered one of the three natural lagoons located in the warm
climate of Latin America is located in one of the districts of San Andrés, Santander. It has a
longitudinal extension of between 600 and 700 m, so far no exact depth has been
determined. Besides being a site and tourist center highlighted by its natural beauty is
characterized by its legends, one of the most interesting and mystical, is that which
explains its origin.

The inhabitants of the village tell that being one day Thursday of August, being the cloudy
sky, a Mrs of medium-sized height came, wore a black skirt, espadrilles of fique, of name
Juana Ortiz, she came along with her husband and her daughter , besides they were
Hailing from the table of saints, where he lived with his sister Maria Antonia Ortiz in a
lagoon under the enchanted land. Also accompanied by a group of Indians, Doña Juana,
apparently, received an inheritance consisting of golden oranges, tobacco and
aguardiente, brought a jug full of water and a very large silver platter. She was looking for
a place to mount a Ranchito, when she arrived in the paddocks called Brisas, rested under
the shade of a few sticks of guava and went through some houses that were there. She
spoke to the Mr ... ... owner of the country house Brisas to let him stay with his family
and Indians, there is another version of this same story which says that the owner of the
farm instead of having kindly left the plot, the owner of the land was not wanted Sell for
no reason, so the Mrs had to get drunk and after giving him a golden orange he stayed
with the propertys. Then people saw as Doña Juana in the middle of the courtyard put a
silver Plato and in half put two golden oranges, then filled it with water that she brought
in the jar, this Plato was growing and growing over time to swallow the ranch and form
the lagoon It also tells that the woman dug a hole to fill it with water and to drink to the
animals, which eventually became the lagoon that is currently. They say that the Indians
are the guardians of the treasures and that the husband went to the high part and the
daughter to the table of the Saints the two becoming also in Laguna at the time when
Doña Juana became the lagoon. At the beginning, the inhabitants assured, the lagoon was
so brave that its turbulent waters prevented the passage by the place, because it attacked
them with great waves and swallowed them., neither could throw stones to him because
the sky was dark and it began to fall Hailstone, until a day when a priest who traveled
from San Andrés to officiate a mass in the hamlet, was forced to throw the chalice and
hosts to the waters, which not only allowed him the pass, but also calmed it definitively.

After some time, on a Good Friday, in the afternoon he showed some of his treasures, the people
who saw them told that they were two Indians with oranges, beams and golden hens.