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The Bolívar Square (Spanish: Plaza de Bolívar or Plaza Bolívar) is the main square of the Colombian capital Bogotá.The square, previously called Plaza Mayor until 1821 and Plaza de la Constitución, is located in the heart of the historical area of the city and hosts a statue of Simón Bolívar, sculpted in 1846 by the Italian Pietro Tenerani, which was the first public monument in the city.
In La Candelaria is the site of the formal foundation of the city, the Plaza Mayor known today as Plaza de Bolívar.Around it are the Capitolio Nacional (seat of the Congress of Colombia), the Palace of Justice (seat of the Supreme Court of Justice), the Palacio Liévano (seat of the Mayor's Office of Bogotá), the Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá, the Chapel del Sagrario and the Archbishop's ...
The Plaza de Bolívar, as Plaza Mayor of the city, has been the scene of some of the main political and social demonstrations throughout the country's history. Its framework is complemented by the Palace of Justice on the north side, the Palacio Liévano (headquarters of the Mayor's Office of Bogotá) to the west and the Capitolio Nacional to ...
The Americas: . Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires; Plaza de la República, Buenos Aires; Plaza 25 de Mayo, Rosario; Plaza Murillo, La Paz; Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución), Mexico City
Bogotá is located in the southeastern part of the Bogotá savanna (Sabana de Bogotá) at an average altitude of 2,640 meters (8,660 ft) above sea level. [6] The Bogotá savanna is popularly called " savannah " ( sabana ), but constitutes actually a high plateau in the Andes mountains, part of an extended region known as the Altiplano ...
Plaza de la Encarnación: Seville Spain: 28,160 303,100: 1948 [41] Lincoln's Inn Fields: London United Kingdom: 28,000 300,000: Approx. 200 by 140 m (660 by 460 ft) 1630s: Russell Square: Perth Australia: 27,360 294,500: Approx. 228 by 120 m (748 by 394 ft) Neumarkt: Cologne Germany: 27,300 294,000: Approx. 250 by 110 m (820 by 360 ft) Plaza de ...
Centro Mayor is a shopping mall located in the south of Bogotá, Colombia.It was inaugurated on March 26, 2010. The mall has 248,000 m 2 (2,667,000 sq ft) of built area, [1] being the biggest mall in Colombia and the second one in Latin America, behind the Centro Comercial Aricanduva, in São Paulo, Brazil.
Español: Plaza Mayor de Bogotá, 1846. Acuarela de Edward Mark. Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Banco de la República. Date: ... Plaza de Bolívar, Bogotá;