Initially
“hogs and horses pasturing area” to subsequently snatch San
Francisco Plaza hegemony centralizing commercial activities in the Main
Plaza and surrounding stores. The plaza area was wide magnum room or theatre
for civil, martial and religious representations; adapted for bull fighting
ring or the center of acrobatic tournaments and exhibitions. In the center a small pile of public fountains changed in 1681 by a higher perfection and embellishing fountain; currently exhibited in Colonial Art Museum.
Public lighting in the capital marked great progress early in the republican age. Called at that time Plaza of the Constitution, it was also the market place. Social and material progress during mid XIX century matched civil contributions starting with Plaza of the Constitution or capital public market transformation. On July 20, 1846 the statue of the hero whose name was given the Plaza by spontaneous popular decision was placed in the middle. Vehicles traffic is currently restricted to carreras 7 and 8, for the north and south sides to from one large space alone.
