Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Cochabamba, Bolivia
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7.1 km
85 m
Experience Cochabamba in Bolivia in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in CochabambaIndividual Sights in CochabambaSight 1: Andrés de Santa Cruz
Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana was a Bolivian general and politician who served as interim president of Peru in 1827, the interim president of Peru from 1836 to 1838 and the sixth president of Bolivia from 1829 to 1839. He also served as Supreme Protector of the short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation from 1836 to 1839, a political entity created mainly by his personal endeavors.
Sight 2: Eduardo Abaroa Hidalgo
Eduardo Abaroa Hidalgo was Bolivia's foremost hero of the War of the Pacific (1879–1883), which pitted Chile against Bolivia and Peru. He was one of the leaders of the civilian resistance to the Chilean invasion at the Battle of Topáter.
Sight 3: Francisco Javier del Granado
Don Francisco Javier del Granado y Granado, was a poet laureate and favorite son of Bolivia.
Sight 4: General Carlos Quintanilla Quiroga
Carlos Quintanilla Quiroga was a Bolivian general who served as the 37th president of Bolivia on a provisional basis from 1939 to 1940. Quintanilla saw action in the initial stages of the Chaco War (1932–1935) and managed to ascend the echelon of the Bolivian armed forces until he became commander of the army during the administration of Germán Busch. When President Busch committed suicide on 23 August 1939, Quintanilla declared himself Provisional President of the Republic.
Sight 5: Pedro Domingo Murillo
Pedro Domingo Murillo was a patriot of Upper Peru who played a key role in Bolivia's independence.
Sight 6: Sebastián Pagador
Sebastián Pagador was a patriot from Upper Peru who led the uprising of February 10, 1781, known as the Oruro Rebellion, together with Jacinto Rodríguez de Herrera.
Sight 7: Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator of America.
Sight 8: José Ballivián y Segurola
José Ballivián Segurola was a Bolivian general during the Peruvian-Bolivian War. He also served as the ninth president of Bolivia from 1841 to 1847.
Sight 9: Juan Francisco del Rivero Muguertegui
Francisco del Rivero was a military man and politician from the River Plate who led the first revolution in Cochabamba in September 1810 and in the first struggles of the territory as a candidate for the ranks of the Government Junta of the Río de la Plata, and who later joined the royalist ranks again, obedient to the Regency Council of Spain.
Sight 10: Nataniel Aguirre González
Nataniel Aguirre, was a Bolivian lawyer, diplomat, politician, writer, and historian. Menéndez y Pelayo considers his novel Juan de la Rosa the best 19th century novel in Spanish America.
Sight 11: San Juan Bosco
John Melchior Bosco, SDB, popularly known as Don Bosco, was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century. While working in Turin, where the population suffered many of the ill effects of industrialization and urbanization, he dedicated his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method that became known as the Salesian Preventive System.
Sight 12: Antonio José de Sucre
Antonio José Francisco de Sucre y Alcalá, also known as the Grand Marshal of Ayacucho, was a Venezuelan politician, diplomat, liberator, strategist and soldier, hero of the independence of South America.
Sight 13: General José Gervasio Artigas
José Gervasio Artigas Arnal was a soldier and statesman who is regarded as a national hero in Uruguay and the father of Uruguayan nationhood.
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