page_title: El Cabrero
section_title: Apolo park
hierarchical_section_title: El Cabrero / Monuments and interesting points / Apolo park
caption_attribution_description: Español: Centro del parque Apolo
context_page_description: El Cabrero is a neighborhood of Cartagena de Indias. It's situated in front of the Caribbean Sea, and in the other side, El Cabrero lagoon. On the southwest borders the walled Old City, specifically the defenses of San Lucas and Santa Catalina and the northeast, with the district of Marbella.
context_section_description: Forms a set with the hermitage of Cabrero and the house of Rafael Nunez. At its center a monument stands as a tribute made to the Colombian Constitution of 1886 inspirated by Rafael Nuñez. It consists of a circular base surrounded by several columns supporting a circular lintel. At the base there are 9 pedestals with 9 busts of the most important figures of the three stages that divides the history of Colombia: pre-Columbian, colonial and republican.
  This 9 figures are:
  Carex: Carib Indian who faces Don Pedro de Heredia, founder of the city of Cartagena.
  Domingo Benkos Biohó: Leader of black slaves leading the fight for freedom, founder of San Basilio de Palenque
  Sebastián de Eslava: Viceroy of Viceroyalty of New Granada.
  Pedro Zapata de Mendoza: Governor of Cartagena. Responsible of the construction of "Canal del Dique" dam, and the primitive castle of San Felipe.
  Vicente Celedonio Piñeres: with his two brothers Gabriel and German led the political movement that led to the independence of Cartagena on November 11, 1811.
  General Juan José Nieto: President of Sovereign State of Bolívar. Besides military was historian and novelist.
  Miguel Antonio Caro: He wrote the Constitution of 1886.
  Rafael Núñez: President of Colombia and inspirator of the Constitution of 1886.
  José María Campo Serrano: He signed the Constitution of 1886.
  Near this monument is another bust of Eduardo Lemaitre Roman, distinguished historian and academic, who dedicated his life to preserving the memory of Cartagena de Indias and studying its history. Eduardo Lemaitre Roman with his cousin Teresita Roman de Zurek founded the Casa Museo El Cabrero Foundation, the organization that manages and oversees the preservation of the legacy of Rafael Nuñez and Soledad Román.
caption: Homenaje a la Constitución de 1886
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