Francisco de Miranda
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Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza, commonly known as Francisco de Miranda, was a Hispanic military leader and revolutionary who fought in the American Revolutionary War, the Frenc
Portrait by Martín Tovar y Tovar, 1874
Miranda's house in London, where he lived between 1802 and 1810, until he traveled to Venezuela to join the independence movement.
The Battle of Valmy by Horace Vernet
French commander Charles François Dumouriez, who used the town of Tienen as a base during the March 1793 Battle of Neerwinden
Flag of Venezuela
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The current national flag of Venezuela was introduced in 2006. The basic design includes a horizontal tricolour of yellow, blue, and red, dating to the original flag introduced in 1811, in the Venezue
Detail of The Battle of Carabobo (1887) by Martín Tovar y Tovar
8-star flag in use at protest in 2014