Juan José Toro Montoya, El Potosi: Portada del colegio Pichincha. | Facade of the Pichincha school. El decreto que dio lugar al funcionamiento del Pichincha. | The decree that gave rise to the functioning of Pichincha. Bolívar se afeitó el bigote en Potosí. | Bolívar shaved off his mustache in Potosí. Guardia de honor del…
Tag: history
They open funerary museum in the “street of pneumonia” | Abren museo funerario en la “calle de la pulmonía”
El Potosi [to watch video in Spanish, no subtitles/para ver video en español, use este link]: The Potosi Funeral Culture Interpretation Center contains original and imitation bone remains to explain the funerary culture and its different periods. Sara Soto Miranda, responsible for the interpretation museum of the underground crypts, which is in the subsoil of…
Women in the fight for independence | Mujeres en la lucha por la independencia
Jorge Quispe, Página Siete: From Juaristi Eguino to Manzaneda, the revolt of the 16th also wore skirts They led the insurgents on the battlefield, carried messages despite the risk, and even gave their fortunes to the cause. Women were decisive in the struggle for independence. Tomasa Murillo, the eldest daughter of Pedro Domingo Murillo, fought…
Potosí: History of water | Historia del agua
Juan José Toro · El Potosí: Well find recalls long history of water When Potosí was born, it did not have a distribution system for the liquid element. As expected, the maintenance and renovation works in the second Mint House gave rise to a discovery, this time of a well that would have been covered…
Murder of Sucre | Asesinato de Sucre
Juan Jose Toro, El Potosi: Murder of Sucre: Alba’s double tableau We present to you the first of two notes on the paintings inspired by one of the most gruesome assassinations in South American history. June 4 is a fatal date. On a day like today, but in 1830, the man who made the foundation…
Unissued Bolivian stamps | Estampillas bolivianas no emitidas
Bolivia’s first postage stamps were privately produced in 1863 under a government contract for a postal service, but the stamps were never put into use. | Los primeros sellos postales de Bolivia se produjeron de forma privada en 1863 bajo un contrato del gobierno para un servicio postal, pero los sellos nunca se pusieron en…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 