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| Title | La Familia Barreda |
| Translated title | The Barreda Family |
| Description | The Barredas were a Nicaraguan couple who volunteered at a coffee plantation to help the poor. The plantation was attacked by Contras and they were tortured and executed because they were labeled as communists. Above the mural is a quote: "Somos cristianos, somos revolucionarios" which means "We are christians, we are revolutionaries." The Barredas are now viewed as Christian martyrs. This mural is part of the "Historía de Nicaragua" (History of Nicaragua) mural project in the Santa Maria de los Angeles Church in Barrio Riguero in Managua, Nicaragua. The murals painted in this building were part of a project by Italian muralist Sergio Michilini, who led a team of Italians to train and teach Nicaraguan artists muralism. There were twenty-two Nicaraguan students and four foreign students that helped with the murals in this church. Henry Houser notes, "all of the people present were outspoken critics of imperialist intervention, many were martyred or killed in guerrilla activity. Many are clergy two are Indigenous. A couple are symbols of liberation theology. Also present are Sandino, the FSLN and Fonseca."
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| Artist | Michilini, Sergio
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| Contributors | Italia Nicaragua Ancona, Centro Documentazione America Latina (Italy), Moviemient Laici America Latina (Italy) and ENAPUM-DAS (Nicaragua).
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| Photographer | Houser, Henry P. |
| Subject | Murals
Martyrs
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| Subject (LCSH) | Barreda, Felipe, 1931-1983 -- Assassination; Barreda, María Eugenia, 1933-1983 -- Assassination; Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1937-1979; Christian martyrs -- Nicaragua |
| Geographic location | Nicaragua -- Managua |
| Date created (work) | 1982-1985
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| Type | Still Image
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| Format | jpeg |
| Identifier | The Henry Houser Collection (Part 4 Folder 5 #50) |
| Language | spa |
| Rights | U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please contact Knox College Special Collections & Archives at archives@knox.edu - http://www.knox.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives.html |
| Collection | Muralism in Revolutionary Nicaragua-The Henry Houser Collection (Knox College) |
| Create date (photograph) | 1987
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| Create date (digital) | 2010-10-02 |
| Filename | La_Familia_Barreda.tif |
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