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The Plaza
Murillo is
the
central plaza of
the
city
of La
Paz and
the
open
space
most
connected
to
the
political
life
of
Bolivia.
Prominent
buildings
on
the
plaza
include
the
Presidential
Palace, National
Congress
of
Bolivia,
and
the
Cathedral
of
La
Paz
(or
more
formally,
the Cathedral
Basilica
of
Our
Lady
of
Peace,
La
Paz).It
is
located
in
the
old
town,
or Casco
Viejo,
of
the
city
and
is
surrounded
by
Socabaya
Street
to
the
west,
Ayacucho
Street
to
the
east,
Comercio
Street
to
the
south,
and
a
continuation
of
Ingavi
and
Ballivan
Streets
to
the
north.
The
plaza
was
designed
in
1558
as
part
of
the
rectilinear
grid
of
La
Paz
by
Juan
Gutiérrez
Paniagua,
who
was
appointed
by
Corregidor
Ignacio
de
Aranda,
to
order
the
city
on
the
north
bank
of
the
Choqueyapu
River.
This
region
of
the
city
was
opposite
the
existing
Spanish
settlement,
which
had
numbered
about
200
Spaniards
with
some
5,000
tributary
indigenous
residents.
The
Plaza
Mayor
quickly
supplanted
the
previous
central
square
of
the
Spaniards,
which
is
now
called
Plaza
Alonso
de
Mendoza.Colonial
buildings
that
were
built
surrounding
the
plaza
include
the
Cabildo
(or
city
government
building,
including
a
jail),
a
building
of
the
Society
of
Jesus,
the
Cathedral,
the
Royal
Treasury
(Cajas
Reales),
and
the
Bishop's
Residence
(Casa
Obispal).
The
plaza
has
been
a
key
site
for
battles
for
political
power
in
Bolivia.
It
was
fought
over
or
defended
in
numerous
revolutionary
conflicts,
including
in
1809,
1811,
1814,
1862,
1865,
1871,
1898,
1946,
1952,
and
2002.
Independence
era
leaders
Pedro
Domingo
Murillo,
Juan
Antonio
Figueroa,
Basilio
Catacora,
Buenaventura
Bueno,
Melchor
Jiménez,
Mariano
Graneros,
Apolinar
Jaén,
Gregorio
García
Lanza,
Juan
Bautista
Sagárnaga,
Juan
Cordero
and
Simona
Manzaneda
were
all
killed
on
or
near
the
plaza.In
the
1946
uprising
against
Gualberto
Villarroel,
he
was
hung
from
a
lamppost
in
the
plaza.