An kafa shi a ranar 20 ga Janairu, 1527 da sunan Villa de San Sebastián de Colima, babban birnin jihar na yanzu yana ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin garuruwan New Spanish, wanda duk da yawan shekarunsu, yana da hatimin wata budurwa cikakke.
A matsayin magajin gari na karshe na lardin, Kyaftin Miguel José Pérez Ponce de León, da zai faɗi shekaru ɗari biyu da suka gabata, ba don komai ba ne cewa an haifi Colima kuma ya girma a cikin kwarin “ya fi kowa jin daɗi kuma tare da yanayi mai kyau fiye da kowane a wannan duniyar”.
Garin wanda yake da kogunan Colima da Chiquito da kuma kogunan Pereyra da Manrique, an haife garin ne tsakanin koko da gonakin kwakwa - saboda haka ana kiranta da garin dabinai - wanda yayin da yake girma ana haɗe shi zuwa cikin biranen domin baiwa shi da Bishiyoyi masu ban mamaki waɗanda suke ƙawata ta, yayin da suke taushi da zafi mai zafi. Babu gida tare da farfaji da farfajiya ba tare da tasirin mango, sapote ko tamarind na shekara ɗari ba, ko kuma tsohuwar titin da ba a layi da bishiyoyin lemu, ko matsakaiciyar sabuwar hanyar da ba ta da maɓuɓɓugan ruwa, suna shirye don bayarwa kowace shekara wasan kwaikwayon launuka masu launin shuɗi. Colima gari ne mai kore, kuma ziyarar wuraren shakatawa da lambunan jama'a na taimakawa sanin tarihinta.
Kamar yadda garin ya tsufa shi ne Lambun Libertad, wanda ya kasance a baya Plaza de Armas wanda ya kasance farkon farawa don shimfidar asalin garin. Babban cocin da fadar gwamnati sun kewaye shi gabas, suna zaune wuri ɗaya tunda sun kasance gidajen Ikklesiya ne da na sarauta; zuwa kudu, tashar Morelos tana dauke da Gidan Tarihi na Tarihi na Yanki; zuwa yamma tashar Hidalgo zuwa arewa tashar arewa ta Medellín, misalin abin da ake kira gine-ginen neo-Gothic na wurare masu zafi, na musamman da na yankin. A ranakun Alhamis da daren Lahadi Musicungiyar Kiɗa ta Jiha ta gayyace ku don yin rawa a kusa da kiosk, kuma ku huta da kanku da roman naushi a cikin shagunan ƙofofin. Bayan babban cocin akwai tsohuwar Plazuela del Comercio, wacce a yau, ta rikide zuwa wani lambu, tana ɗauke da sunan wani malami mai ban mamaki daga Colima: Gregorio Torres Quintero. Jirgin ruwa daga maɓuɓɓugan dutse yana kashe amo na zartarwar da aka yi a wurin yayin bikin na Cristiada.
Tituna biyu a arewacin katolika suna Beaterio, ko haikalin San Felipe de Jesús, waliyin Colima kan girgizar ƙasa, kuma a gefen arewacin Plazuela del Libertador, wanda aka keɓe ga sanannun firistocin cocinsa, Don Miguel Hidalgo da Costilla, wanda ya zauna a Colima a cikin 1772. A gaban wannan dandalin akwai ginin bishopric da Alfonso Michel Pinacoteca, na Jami'ar Colima, waɗanda ke ba da dama don yaba kyawawan misalai na tsarin gine-ginen ƙarni na goma sha tara kuma a lokaci guda mai ban mamaki tarin zanen Mexico. Gabashin garin ya mamaye Jardín Núñez, wanda a da yake Plaza Nueva, wanda a cikin shekarun da suka gabata na karnin shine hedikwatar Colima Fair kuma farkon wurin hawa motar haya. A gabanta Fadar Tarayya ce da tsohuwar haikalin La Merced. Tituna uku zuwa kudu na ɗaya daga cikin lambun da aka fi maraba da su a cikin garin, La Concordia, inda maƙarƙashiyar ta taɓa tsayawa, daga baya filin wasanni sannan kuma, a ƙarshe, hedkwatar tsohuwar Makarantar Arts da Crafts, gini. Porfirian wacce a yau ke da Taskar Tarihin Jiha.
A ci gaba a hanya ɗaya, wasu ,an tituna kuma kun isa Parque Hidalgo, asalinsa Paseo del Progreso, wanda aka kirkira a ƙarshen karnin da ya gabata a lokacin isowar titin jirgin ƙasa, kuma tare da kyakkyawar manufa, irin na zamanin Haskakawa, na Kasancewa lambun tsirrai da aka keɓe ga fure na yanki, shi ya sa a can akwai yiwuwar a more ɗimbin ɗumbin shekaru da keɓaɓɓun bishiyoyi da dabino na yankin. A yammacin birnin akwai wasu lambuna biyu masu ban sha'awa na musamman, na San José, wanda ake kira "el charco de la higuera", don tuna gaskiyar cewa akwai, a gindin wata itacen ɓaure mai girma, marmaro wanda daga tsofaffin masu ɗaukar ruwa, waɗanda aka yi da jakuna da tuluna, an tara su don kai “ruwan sha” a gida. Sauran shine Lambun San Francisco de Almoloyan, inda zaku iya yaba da kango na tsohuwar gidan zuhudu na Franciscan wanda ginin sa ya fara a 1554.
Waɗannan su ne tsoffin lambuna, amma ba su kaɗai ba ne, tun da Yankin Yankin, fewan tubalan kudu da lambun Libertad, kwarin Kogin Colima, wanda ya ƙetare birni, da hanyar Pedro A. Galván, ana kuma sha'awar abubuwan itacen. wadanda aka lullube da parotas da sabino wadanda suka san labarai na farin ciki da bakin ciki na Colima, yayin da suka kasance a matsayin buya ga 'yan ta'addan da suka kai hari a Manzanillo a kan Camino Real, kuma daga rassanta suka rataye ragowar fiye da guda da aka kashe, amma kuma, har zuwa kawai 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, sun kasance wurin yaƙin gargajiya na "yaƙe-yaƙe na furanni", wanda da manyan alamomin suka yi bikin zuwan bazara.
Colima wani gandun daji ne wanda ke rike da garin a cikin kanta. Idan baku yi imani da shi ba, dole ne ku gan shi daga tsaunin da ke kusa da La Cumbre, ko kuma daga Loma de Fátima, kuma ta haka ne za ku iya tabbatar da cewa hasumiya ƙararrawa na haikalin da kuma hasumiyar lokaci-lokaci ana iya ganin su a cikin koren yanayin birni na musamman. .
