Neiva celebra seus 414 anos de fundação

A capital de Huila marca seu aniversário hoje com uma série de atividades cívicas e culturais organizadas pela prefeitura.

A prefeitura de Neiva, liderada pelo prefeito German Casagua Bonilla, agendou um dia de atividades para marcar os 414 anos de fundação da cidade.

O código de vestimenta estabelecido é branco formal. As atividades incluem uma eucaristia às 8h da manhã na igreja colonial no centro, seguida por um desfile cívico e folclórico que começa no Centro de Convenções José Eustasio Rivera.

O desfile percorre várias ruas até chegar ao Parque Santander, onde, às 9h da manhã, será feita uma oferenda floral ao busto de Diego de Ospina y Medinilla, fundador de Neiva em 1612.

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