The document describes the history and founder of Caicedo Square in Colombia. The square was the central meeting place and site for public events from colonial times. It was developed as a European-style market place and park in 1907 by its founder Andres J. lenis. The square is named after Juaquin Caicedo y Cuero, a leader in Colombia's independence movement who was born in 1773 and died in 1813.