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This article centers on an interpretation of two examples of Bourbon Royal festivities in the Kingdom of New Granada: the funeral of Louis I in Santa Fe de Bogotá in 1724 and the proclamation of Fernando VII in San Bartolomé de Honda in 1808, focusing especially on an analysis of the sources and of the emblematic culture. In order to adequately understand its meaning, three factors must be taken into account; first, the important tradition of symbolic culture in New Granada; second, the special relevance that funerals and proclamation ceremonies had in the construction of the monarchy's image in the modern age; and finally, the complex historical and political context within which both celebrations took place.

This article centers on an interpretation of two examples of Bourbon Royal festivities in the Kingdom of New Granada: the funeral of Louis I in Santa Fe de Bogotá in 1724 and the proclamation of Fernando VII in San Bartolomé de Honda in 1808, focusing especially on an analysis of the sources and of the emblematic culture. In order to adequately understand its meaning, three factors must be taken into account; first, the important tradition of symbolic culture in New Granada; second, the special relevance that funerals and proclamation ceremonies had in the construction of the monarchy's image in the modern age; and finally, the complex historical and political context within which both celebrations took place. ; El artículo realiza una interpretación dos ejemplos de fiestas regias borbónicas en el Reino de Nueva Granada: las exequias de Luis I en Santa Fe de Bogotá en 1724 y la jura de Fernando VII en San Bartolomé de Honda en 1808, centrándonos especialmente en el análisis de las fuentes y la cultura emblemática. Para entender su significado adecuadamente tenemos en cuenta tres factores: por un lado la importante tradición de la cultura simbólica en Nueva Granada; por otro lado, la especial relevancia que las ceremonias de exequias y proclamación tienen en la construcción de la imagen de la monarquía en la Edad Moderna; finalmente, el complejo trasfondo histórico y político en el que tienen lugar ambas celebraciones.