File:20170812 Bolivia 1817 La Paz sRGB (37949555272).jpg
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The House of Congress has been on Murillo Square since 1904 in a building that had previously housed a convent and a university. In 2014 the clock was reconfigured to run counter-clockwise! It was declared The Clock of the South in recognition that in the southern hemisphere sundials move in the opposite direction. Also, the traditional belief system of the indigenous Aymara and Quecha peoples holds that the past lies ahead while the future lies behind. La Paz’s main square is named after Pedro Domingo Murillo (1757-1810) who was a leader in the La Paz Revolution of 16 July 1809. Spanish troops hanged him and others the following January. Bolivia achieved independence from Spain on 6 August 1825, the last country in Latin America to do so. La Paz (elev.3,240m/11,942ft) was founded in the Andes by the Spaniards in 1548 in a canyon created by the Choqueyapu River. The administrative capital of Bolivia shifted to La Paz in 1898 while Sucre remained the constitutional and judiciary capital. On Google Earth: House of Congress 16°29'45.67"S, 68° 7'59.37"W Plaza Murillo 16°29'44.42"S, 68° 8'0.65"W |
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Source | 20170812_Bolivia_1817 La Paz sRGB |
Author | Dan Lundberg |
Camera location | 16° 29′ 44.94″ S, 68° 08′ 00.77″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | -16.495816; -68.133548 |
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