Accordingly, French sculptor Louis-Joseph Daumas was commissioned in 1862 to create an equestrian statue of the hero of the Wars for Independence and the square was renamed in his honor in 1878, upon the hundredth anniversary of his birth.
French sculptor Louis-Joseph Daumas was commissioned in 1862 to create an equestrian statue commemorating the hero of the Wars for Independence. The square was renamed after him in 1878, marking the hero's centenary.