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Antonio Ricaurte

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Antonio Clemente José María Bernabé Ricaurte Lozano was a patriot of the Independence of Colombia and Venezuela and captain of Bolívar's army. He is remembered as the martyr of the Battle of San Mateo, where, in a heroic action, he blasted an enemy stronghold by immolating himself.

Antonio Ricaurte

Statue of Antonio Ricaurte by sculptor Lorenzo González in San Mateo, Venezuela. This statue depicts Captain Ricaurte at the moment in which he immolates himself by lighting a barrel of gunpowder. It was erected at the site of the battle during the centenary celebration of the independence of Venezuela.

Ricaurte en San Mateo, painting by Antonio Herrera Toro

Antonio Nariño

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Antonio Amador José de Nariño y Álvarez del Casal, was a Colombian ideological precursor of the independence movement in New Granada as well as one of its early political and military leaders.

Oil painting by Ricardo Acevedo Bernal.

Statue of Antonio Nariño in Villa de Leyva

Antonio Nariño

Watercolor by Ricardo Acevedo Bernal