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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.
The Plaza Bolívar of Maracay, Aragua state, surpasses it in size, being the biggest in Venezuela and Latin America. After independence, the square was called Plaza de Armas (Arms Square) and Plaza del Mercado (Market Square), but when the body of Simón Bolívar arrived in Caracas from Santa Marta , it was formally named Plaza Bolívar in 1842.
Plaza Bolivar may refer to: Venezuela. Plaza Bolívar (Caracas) Plaza Bolívar (Valencia) Elsewhere. Plaza Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia; Plaza Bolívar, Lima, Peru
The Casa Amarilla de Caracas (English: Yellow House) is a 19th Century neoclassical building in Plaza Bolívar, Caracas and in front of the Santa Ana Cathedral, in the city's main historic quarter.
Palacio Municipal de Caracas. The Palacio Municipal de Caracas, or Consejo Municipal de Caracas, is the city hall of Caracas, Venezuela.It is located on the corner of Gradillas a Monjas opposite the Plaza Bolívar, occupying half of the plaza's southern section.
Plaza Bolívar is the focus of the old town with the monument to El Libertador, Simón Bolívar, at its heart. Modern high-rise buildings have overpowered much of the colonial flavor of Caracas' founding neighbourhood. Plaza Venezuela is the geographic center of Caracas. It is a large urban plaza at the entrance of the Central University of ...
The park's Events Plaza is the venue of most of the concerts of international singers when they perform in Bogota, since 2005 concerts were banned in El Campin Stadium so the only place to hold big concerts was the park. Since 2012, the Stadium can be used again for concerts one a month. The Events Plaza have a maximum capacity for 100,000 people.
Plaza Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela Simón Bolívar's equestrian statue in Cartagena, Colombia The Plaza Bolivar of Lima, Peru with the Legislative Palace in the foreground Simón Bolívar Monument, Sixth Avenue entrance to Central Park, New York City Statue of Simón Bolívar in Berlin, Germany Statue of Simón Bolívar in Washington DC, United States Plaza de Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia