Victoria Carolina Coronado y Romero de Tejada was a Spanish writer, famous for her poetry, considered the equivalent of contemporary Romantic authors like Rosalía de Castro. As one of the most well-known poets writing in mid-19th-century Spain, she also played a diplomatic role She both negotiated with the Spanish royal family in private and, through a series of widely published poems, promoted the aims of the Lincoln administration, especially abolition of slavery.
Portrait of Carolina Coronado (c.1855), by Federico de Madrazo (Museo del Prado, Madrid).
Horatio J. Perry
Monument to Coronado in Almendralejo
Almendralejo is a town in the Province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. It is situated 45 km south-east of Badajoz, on the main road and rail route between Mérida and Seville. As of 2010, it has a population of 33,975. It was the site of a battle and massacre in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.
Church of the Purification
The town hall Palacio de Monsalud
Plaza Esponceda
Carolina Coronado Theatre at Plaza Esponceda