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
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
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
Simón Bolívar
…and occupied Quito. On 6 June, Pasto surrendered, and ten days later Bolívar paraded through Quito with Sucre. He also met the Ecuadorian Republican Manuela Sáenz, the wife of an English doctor, with whom he began a lasting affair. From Quito, Bolívar traveled to Guayaquil in anticipation of a meeting with San…
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.