Boyaca Bridge

Boyacá Bridge is a small bridge at the Bogota-Tunja, 110 km east of Bogota and 14 km west of Tunja, in a valley that crosses the river Teatinos. Numerous monuments have been erected nearby to commemorate the historic battle of August 7, 1819, commonly known as the Battle of Boyacá, which granted independence to Colombia.

The bridge was built in the early eighteenth century, being declared a National Monument, Independence Monument in 1920.

The bridge was the epicenter of the fighting and taken to be tactically and crossed by General Francisco de Paula Santander and his army on the offensive against the royalist troops commanded by General Francisco Jiménez, there is defined the Patriot victory.

The historical significance of this monument is recognized nationally and internationally for being the scene where the incident occurred heroic battle, in your environment, then rose up the other monuments that glorify the immortal memory of these fields of freedom

The Battle of Boyacá was the decisive battle that would ensure the success of the Liberty Campaign of New Granada and one of the most important battles of the war of independence in South America. The battle took place on August 7, 1819 in Teatinos river crossing in near the city of Tunja. The battle was the culmination of 77 days of the campaign launched by Simon Bolivar from Venezuela to release the Viceroyalty of New Granada.