Editing Muisca (section)

=== Under the colonial regime ===
[[File:Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan - CBT 6621102.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Map of [[Nuevo Reino de Granada]] (1625)]]
When the Muisca structure disappeared under the Spanish Conquest, the territory of the Confederations of the ''zaque'' and ''zipa'' were included in a new political division within the Spanish colonies in America. The territory of the Muisca, located in a fertile plain of the Colombian Andes that contributed to make one of the most advanced South American civilizations, became part of the colonial region named [[Nuevo Reino de Granada]]. Much information about the Muisca culture was gathered by the Spanish administration and by authors such as [[Pedro de Aguado]] and [[Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita]]. The viceregal era contributed to the importance of Bogotá, and people from the area would play an important role in the fights for independence and republican consolidation.