San Juan de Girón (better known as Girón), formerly: Villa de los Caballeros de Girón,[3] is a municipality of the Santander Department, which is part of the Bucaramanga Metropolitan area in northeastern Colombia.[4] Girón was declared a Colombian Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) by the Colombian government in 2010.[5] 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).[6]