History of Ventaquemada

of the campaign to liberate met. Where the independence of New Granada in 1819 was sealed. Over the course of teatinos river, is the historic bridge, which still retains the original stone abutments. The patriot army commanded by Simón Bolívar had 2850 soldiers and 2670 Barreiro led realistic. The battle was short, was started at two in the afternoon and ended when the General Francisco de Santander Papua, with the division vanguard triumphantly pass the historic bridge and the Spaniards surrendered.

In the field of Boyacá there are several monuments, the dedicated liberator, executed by German sculptor Ferdinand Von Muller, also called a 'monument Muller ", is 18 meters tall, in his effort the figure of Bolivar appears on a buckler shoulders in 5 women who symbolize the five Bolivarian republics. In the center the figure of Clio is located, the muse of history. At the ends are placed the "Four Angels of Fame" with their trumpets to the wind symbolizing fame and glory.

The obelisk of Liberty, built to Pharaonic architecture, the triumphal arch, Roman-inspired with all the verses of the national anthem, the statue of General Santander "hero of Boyaca", intended for the cyclorama painting pictures about independence; Square flags where the cauldron that holds eternal freedom calls is located; stones Barreiro, celebrated by indigenous petroglyphs and there was captured the Spanish commander for the child soldier Pedro Paschasius Martinez, who has not left shop by a belt with gold ounces. There is also the patriotic-religious temple, stone Bolivar house bricks, the bust of General Cruz Carrillo.

The Liberator came the first step the historic town and the main square magazine prisoners with prodigious retentive he always had, he recognized among them Francisco Fernández Vignoni,