{"id":5822,"date":"2024-05-14T16:29:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T21:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/?p=5822"},"modified":"2024-06-20T15:51:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T20:51:34","slug":"cuenca-architecture-quinta-bolivar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/cuenca-architecture-quinta-bolivar\/","title":{"rendered":"CUENCA ARCHITECTURE &#8211; Quinta Bolivar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5822\" class=\"elementor elementor-5822\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb1abb8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cb1abb8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba2968f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ba2968f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea5e955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea5e955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"419\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/QUINTA-BOLIVAR-SPECIAL-ISSUE.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5823\" alt=\"QUINTA BOLIVAR - SPECIAL ISSUE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/QUINTA-BOLIVAR-SPECIAL-ISSUE.png 419w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/QUINTA-BOLIVAR-SPECIAL-ISSUE-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13829de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13829de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Simon Bolivar, The Great Liberator, visited Cuenca in September 1822. The current building is not the actual house where Bolivar stayed, but it is in the location of the home where he did stay, and it has been dedicated to a museum in his honor.<\/p><p>In 1822 Bolivar\u2019s army had a great victory at the Battle of Pichincha on May 24 in the fight for independence from Spain. Following that, on June 16 he triumphantly entered Quito, where he received a hero\u2019s welcome. This was also the day he first met Manuela Saenz, who was to become his lover and partner, and also a very important part of Ecuadorian history.<\/p><p>Bolivar traveled extensively that year in endeavors to create \u201cGran Colombia,\u201d which at its height eventually included present day Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, and parts of northern Peru and northwestern Brazil. After meeting with General San Martin in July in Guayaquil, he traveled to Cuenca through the Cajas mountains and was received with flower arches, banquets, parties, and celebrations. He was invited to stay at the old Chaguarchimbana estate, owned at the time by Maria Castro de Izquierdo &#8211; a very rich woman.<\/p><p>She was an antimonarchist and a staunch supporter of independence, and she invited Bolivar to stay in the house and work in a quiet environment on his ambitious freedom plans for the whole of Latin American.However, the country house in which he stayed is not the one standing today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0928a8f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0928a8f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e2e4d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e2e4d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/QUINTA-BOLIVAR-2-SPECIAL-ISSUE.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5826\" alt=\"QUINTA BOLIVAR 2 - SPECIAL ISSUE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/QUINTA-BOLIVAR-2-SPECIAL-ISSUE.png 382w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/QUINTA-BOLIVAR-2-SPECIAL-ISSUE-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54f4d17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54f4d17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That building was demolished in the 1930\u2019s. The house we see today was built in 1936 by Benjamin Ramirez Arteaga, a prominent legal adviser. It was used as a holiday home, and during its heyday family and friends would frequently gather for parties on the banks of the Yanuncay River.<\/p><p>In 1960, Dr. Ramirez donated the property to the Azuay Employees Associate, which used the house initially for its meetings and then rented it out. Several years later, by which time the house had fallen into an advanced state of decay, Cuenca City Council purchased it and embarked on renovation works. The renovation process began in 2004 and ended in 2005.<\/p><p>The house is a homage to the Liberator of Latin America and since July 2005 has accommodated the city\u2019s Bolivar Museum. Quinta Bolivar has a library with an important bibliographic collection on Bolivar and the time of independence.<\/p><p>The library is named after Manuela Saenz. 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