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
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. In 1793,
Antonio Ricaurte
…lieutenant. During the first years of the United Provinces of New Granada, when a division between centralists and federalists occurred, Ricaurte supported Antonio Nariño and the centralists and fought on their side in the first civil war of New Granada. He fought the battle of Alto de la Virgen in Ventaquemada, where…
Oil painting by Ricardo Acevedo Bernal.
Statue of Antonio Nariño in Villa de Leyva
Antonio Nariño
Watercolor by Ricardo Acevedo Bernal