History of Floridablanca

It is important to note that the priest Eloy Valenzuela pastor of Bucaramanga and great promoter of the new parish proposed the name "Floridablanca" as a tribute to one of the most illustrious reformers of the court of King Carlos III , the illustrious Don Jose Monino and Redondo Count of Floridablanca and also a member of the Royal Botanical Expedition of the New Kingdom of Granada , and who died in 1809 . This would be the post-illustrated tribute neogranadinos of Don Jose Monino .

Only until February 14th of 1817 , a little over six years later, was that the attorney Nicholas Llanos could reopen the case and request the issuance of the judgment in the new circumstances "happy restoration of order" .

Many who were in the process initially supporting the cause of the creation of the new parish, gave up, two had died Don Facundo Mutis was imprisoned in Portacabello . But this did not discourage Nicolas Llanos empowered by the prosecuting attorney that succeeded Archbishop Dr. Javier Guerra of Mier proffered on November 7 of 1817 the car stood on the site of the parish's black hand with the title "Floridablanca San Juan Nepomuceno ".

This made ​​51 neighbors (owners and tenants), signed the power of commitment to the new parish and expenses, the May 6th of 1818 the Viceroy Samano confirm the erection of the parish of "San Juan Nepomuceno Floridablanca" but the freedom struggle continued with greater intensity which caused not appoint pastor .