Sucre Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text Don't put anything here 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. <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> 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. <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-12-07-e-mercado/20051207_034_2738 2005-12-07-e-mercado/20051207_035_7687 2005-12-07-e-mercado/20051207_038_3341 Potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-12-07-e-mercado/20051207_041_5694 2005-12-07-e-mercado/20051207_047_7092 2005-12-07-e-mercado/20051207_040_8928 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Don't put anything here Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI Don't put anything here Don't put anything here A summary of your changes Don't put anything here Edit Summary Don't put anything here save preview cancel
