Manuela Sáenz
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Manuela Sáenz de Vergara y Aizpuru was an Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine of South America who supported the revolutionary cause by gathering information, distributing leaflets and protesting for wom
Libertadora del Libertador wearing the Order of the Sun medal
Painting of Manuela Saenz at the time
Portrait of Manuela Sáenz (1830) - Bogotá.
Bust of Manuela Sáenz in the Parque Mujeres Argentinas.
Simón Bolívar
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Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco was a Venezuelan military officer and statesman who led what are currently the countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Pana
Manuela Sáenz
…active in support of revolutionary efforts. Leaving her husband in 1822, she soon began an eight-year collaboration and intimate relationship with Simón Bolívar that lasted until his death in 1830. After she prevented an 1828 assassination attempt against him and facilitated his escape, Bolívar began to call…
House that hosted Simón Bolívar during his stay in Bilbao between March 1801 and April 1802.
Miniature portrait of Bolívar in 1800
Bolívar at the age of 20 (1804)
Wedding of Bolívar and del Toro as painted by Tito Salas, 1921