were exhumed and transferred to Bogotá, the city founded by him. Named after Jiménez de Quesada Avenida Jiménez, important avenue in central Bogotá Avenida Jiménez (TransMilenio), TransMilenio station serving this avenue Torres Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, a five-tower residential complex in Bogotá Gallery See also List of conquistadors in Colombia Hernán Pérez de Quesada, Juan de Céspedes New Kingdom of Granada, Paolo Giovio References Bibliography Works by Jiménez de Quesada Further reading In Spanish In English External links Personajes de la Conquista a América - Banco de la República List of conquistadors of the expedition led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada – Banco de la República Conquista rápida y saqueo cuantioso de Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Year of birth uncertain 1579 deaths 16th-century Spanish people 16th-century explorers Andalusian conquistadors Spanish conquistadors Spanish city founders Explorers of Amazonia Muisca scholars History of the Muisca Colonial Colombia Mayors of Bogotá University of Salamanca alumni Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Spanish Roman Catholics 16th-century Roman Catholics Burials at the Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá