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BOGOTA, COLOMBIABogotá, the capital and largest city of Colombia, is the political, social, and financial centre of the republic. The city has many fine examples of colonial architecture, including the cathedral and the churches of San Ignacio and San Francisco. As the capital and archiepiscopal see of the colonial viceroyalty of New Granada, the city became an early religious and intellectual centre. The intellectual impact of the French Revolution inspired Antonio Narino and others to agitate against Spanish rule; Jose Acevedo y Gomez led the first successful revolt against Spain in 1810. Francisco de Paula Santander and Simon Bolivar were prominent in Bogotá, and the city was made the capital of Greater Colombia following Bolivar’s victory at Boyaca in 1918. When the city was divided in 1830, Bogotá became the capital of what was later called Colombia. |
2/15/2008
Venues of the IAPMC in 2008In 2008 two key events for us, members of the IAPMC, are the Executive Board meeting which will be in Suwon, S. Korea from 23-27 April 2008. The second important event is, of course, our annual General Assembly which will be kindly hosted by the city of Sochi, Russian Federation, from 13-16 November 2008. The topic of the General Assembly will be ‘The 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The Struggle for Peace’.
12/31/2007
60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human RightsThe International Association of Peace Messenger Cities has undertaken a campaign to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It will be culminated at our General Assembly in Sochi, Russia on November 13, 2008 under the theme” The 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The Struggle for Peace!”
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