Norosi

Norosí lies near the wooded Serranía de San Lucas and the wet lowlands of the Magdalena basin. The streams descending from the hills pass through a region long associated with gold. A colonial palenque, or community of people who escaped enslavement, is remembered at Norosí; local accounts connect it with the wider Maroon resistance associated with Benkos Biohó. Forested hills and river routes shaped the setting in which such communities sought refuge.