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After coming back from Samaipata to Santa Cruz we spent another day
there and then took a plane to Sucre (US$50 per person, stopping in
Cochabamba).  Sucre turned out a beautiful and mellow city.  It's the
"constitutional capital" of Bolivia, i.e. the capital according to the
constitution.  Practically, since the end of an tin-vs-silver civil
war the congress and the government have relocated to La Paz - the
capital of tin.  The congress still convenes in Sucre once a year,
however, as required by the constitution.  Sucre is also the permanent
seat of Bolivia's supreme court.

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2005-12-07-d-iglesia/20051207_027_8844 Mudejar style ceiling of Iglesia de San Francisco
2005-12-07-c-casa-de-libertad/20051207_015_9422 The head of Bolivar in la Casa de Libertad
2005-12-07-d-iglesia/20051207_021_7444 Iglesia de San Francisco
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2005-12-07-a-sucre-misc/20051207_001_3215 Campesinos in the street
2005-12-07-a-sucre-misc/20051207_102_9527 Weavers in Museo Textil-Etnograpfico
2005-12-07-e-mercado/20051207_049_4235 More Tuto propaganda
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2005-12-06-b-sucre/20051206_013_8609 An old door way
2005-12-07-c-casa-de-libertad/20051207_014_4776	A lock in the Casa de Libertad
2005-12-07-c-casa-de-libertad/20051207_020_8177 Casa de Libertad
2005-12-07-f-merced/20051207_079_5050 View from the top of Iglesia de la Merced
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Sucre's attraction include la Casa de Libertad - the original seat of
Bolivian congress where the congress returns once a year and that
serves as a museum of Bolivian history for the other 364 days.  You
learn a lot of interesting bits of Bolivian history, including the
complications in choosing the name.  Before independence, Bolivia was
known as "Alto Peru", "La Plata", and "Charcas."  None of those names
were deemed appropriate after independence: "Alto Peru" suggested too
close of a connection to Peru, which was eager to annex Bolivia
(Portuguese speakers would point other good reasons to not use this
name), La Plata implied too much of a link with Argentina (which used
that name before independence), and Charcas supposedly had too much of
a colonial connotation (though, I am not sure why).  The country was
eventually called "Republica Bolívar" in honor of the Libertador
[Simón Bolívar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bolivar), who was
also chosen as it's "honorary president".  Bolivar, however, did not
approve of Bolivian independence, as he preferred that it be part of
[Gran
Colombia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Gran_Colombia).
Republica Bolivar took offense at this and changed it's name to
"Bolivia", we were told, to distance itself slightly from the
Libertador.  Despite this conflict, Bolivar seems to be well-liked in
Bolivia, and La Casa de Libertad includes a humongous bust of him in
one of the rooms.

In addition to historical landmarks and plenty of churches, Sucre had
a colorful market with many many types of potatoes.

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2005-12-07-e-mercado/20051207_038_3341 Potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes
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2005-12-07-e-mercado/20051207_047_7092
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