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Valledupar with the suspension of many festivities, such as Christmas Eve and Easter. Funeral services were held in the Iglesia de la Concepción. Her body was buried in the city's cemetery. Later, her remains were removed by her son, José María Fernández de Castro L., and placed in
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Valledupar and the surrounding region. On the orders of Simón Bolívar, she organized and declared the act of independence of the city of Valledupar on February 4, 1813, at 10:00 in the morning. That same day, María Concepción Loperena granted freedom to hundreds of
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Valledupar, the Marqués de Valde-Hoyos, who was fleeing due to the independence rebellion, gave the order to persecute her. In 1818, the then governor of Santa Marta, Pedro Ruiz de Porras, ordered his subordinates Juan Salvador Anselmo Daza and Buenaventura de la
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Concepción Loperena was born in Valledupar, Viceroyalty of New Granada (now, Colombia), 12 February 1775. She was the daughter of the Spaniard, Pelayo Loperena, and María Josefa Ustáriz, from Valledupar. He served as Sergeant Major of the King's militias in the Government of
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February 14, 2004, was approved by the Valledupar Council, by which February 4 is institutionalized as a historical date in the municipality of Valledupar and the flag of the municipality is ordered to be hoisted in public establishments, especially in schools.
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Iglesia Parroquial. Next, they were stolen by her daughter, María Concepción Fernández De Castro de Diaz Granados, who took them to her home. In 1850, the remains were placed again in the Iglesia de Sto. Domingo and two years later into a church.
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Concepción Loperena was the first to form a revolutionary environment in Valledupar. She sent her son, Pedro Norberto Fernández de Castro Loperena, with powers to deal with the then President of
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Concepción Loperena and send her to Santa Marta. Not finding her, they took possession of many of her assets. The decree of October 19, 1821 issued in
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Concepción Loperena were decreed to be a heroine, in a project presented by the senator of the republic, Pedro Castro Monsalvo.
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