La Tebaida was founded by Luis Arango Cardona, born in Manizales
on February 19, 1879. He was one of the first people to undertake systematic
archaeological studies of the indigenous tombs (guacas) in Quindío. His research led to the publication in 1924
of his two-volume book Recuerdos de la
guaquería en el Quindío, the first study of its type in Colombia.
In 1899 Arango and his brother had started a farm with an
area of 6.7 km² in the south of Armenia. They named
