San Juan de Girón

San Juan de Girón (better known as Girón), formerly: Villa de los Caballeros de Girón, is a municipality of the Santander Department, which is part of the Bucaramanga Metropolitan area in northeastern Colombia.

Pueblo Patrimonio
Girón was declared a Colombian Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) by the Colombian government in 2010.

National Monument
The municipality is known National Monument of Colombia for its old sector characterized by its Spanish colonial architecture (cobblestone streets, houses with white walls, large dark brown and/or black doors, and clay tile roofs).