Meaning "the Beautiful one" in English, Bello was founded in 1676 as "Hato Viejo" to later change its name in honor to Andrés Bello becoming a city in 1913.
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Instead, the name Bello was "more cultured, more appropriate and more worthy of the great patriarch of American letters" (Andrés Bello).
It was also influenced by the great Napoleonic code, the Spanish laws in effect at that time in Argentina, Roman law (especially through the work of Savigny), canon law, the draft of the Brazilian civil code (Esboço de um Código Civil para Brasil) by Freitas, and the influence of the Chilean civil code (by Andrés Bello).
Meanwhile, three commemorative notes were released: a 100 in 1980 for the 150th anniversary of Simón Bolívar's death, a 50 in 1981 for the 200th anniversary of the birth of Andrés Bello, and a 20 in 1987 for the 200th anniversary of the birth of Rafael Urdaneta.
Valdés has received various awards, including the Lissone and Biella in Milan in 1965; the silver medal in the second International Prints Biennial in Tokyo; an award from the Bridgestone Art Museum in Lisbon; the Alfons Roig Award in Valencia; the National Award for the Fine Arts in Spain; a medal from the biennial International Festival of the Plastic Arts in Baghdad; and in 1993 the Medal of the Order of Andrés Bello in Venezuela.
Ahmadu Bello University | Andrés Segovia | Andres Serrano | Andrés Ibáñez Province | Andres Bonifacio | Maria Bello | San Andres, Manila | Andrés Bonifacio | Andrés Bello | Muhammed Bello | Commentarii de Bello Gallico | Andrés Iniesta | San Andrés | San Andres | Frank Bello | Bello | Andrés de Urdaneta | Andrés de Santa Cruz | Walden Bello | San Andrés Xecul | San Andrés (island) | José Andrés | Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina | Andrés Pastrana Arango | Andrés Pascal Allende | Andrés Mazali | Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete | Andrés García | Ahmadu Bello | Víctor Andrés Belaúnde |
He was awarded the Order of Andres Bello, First Class of the Republic of Venezuela, and the Gibbs, Linderstrom-Lang, and Rose Medals.