The Venezuelan War of Independence was one of the Spanish American wars of independence of the early nineteenth century, when independence movements in South America fought a civil war for secession a
La Batalla de Carabobo, Martín Tovar y Tovar
Batalla Carabobo 01
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
Venezuelan War of Independence
…Declaration of Independence. The First Republic of Venezuela was lost in 1812 following the 1812 Caracas earthquake and the 1812 Battle of La Victoria. Simón Bolívar led an "Admirable Campaign" to retake Venezuela, establishing the Second Republic of Venezuela in 1813; but this too did not last, falling to a combination…
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