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.
In 1862, French sculptor Louis-Joseph Daumas was tasked with creating a monument to the hero of the Wars for Independence. The square was later named in honor of this hero, coinciding with his centennial anniversary in 1878.