La Candelaria
Cobblestoned colonial quarter of pastel houses, churches and plazas where the capital's history unfolded.
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This guide to La Candelaria in Bogotá centers on the night of September 25, 1828, when a group of soldiers and civilians broke into the Palacio de San Carlos to kill Simón Bolívar, and on the woman in the room with him, Manuela Sáenz. It traces the walk through the neighborhood's colonial streets, past the balconies and courtyard houses where she once lived, following the ground she crossed that night. Listen for the mention of Colonel Ferguson, one of Bolívar's aides, along the way.
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