The El Parque de la Gran Colombia (Spanish for Greater Colombia Park or Park of the Greater Colombia) is an historical and tourist complex located in the locality of
Villa del Rosario (
Cúcuta
Cúcuta (), officially San José de Cúcuta, is a Colombian municipality, capital of the department of Norte de Santander and nucleus of the Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta. The city is located in the homonymous valley, at the foot of the Eastern ...
). It is in the 6th km of International Highway to Venezuela. The park houses:
* The
House of Santander
The Casa Natal del General Santander (lit., "Birth house of General Santander") is the birthplace of the Colombian General Francisco de Paula Santander, and is where he lived until the age of 13.
It is in the municipality of Villa del Rosario in ...
, where the hero of the independence
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña (Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander, Colombia, April 2, 1792 – Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, May 6, 1840), was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independ ...
lived his first 13 years;
* The
historic church of Cúcuta
The Historic church of Cúcuta or Historic Temple of Cucuta (Spanish: ''Templo Historico de Cucuta'') is a historic site where the first constitution of Colombia was written and signed. It is located in the city of Villa del Rosario in the metro ...
, where the
Congress of Cúcuta was established and where the
Colombian Constitution of 1821
The Constitution of Cúcuta, also known as Constitution of the Gran Colombia and Constitution of 1821, was the founding document and constitution of the Republic of Colombia (historiographically called Gran Colombia), unifying the territories o ...
was written;
* The
House of the Bagatela
The House of the Bagatela (''Casa de la Bagatela'') or Government House was the seat of executive power in Colombia in 1821. At the time of the Congress, this house had two levels that were demolished by the 1875 Cúcuta earthquake.
This was the ...
, which served as base for the Executive Power in 1821;
* The tamarind tree under which the editors of the constitution of the
New Granada New Granada may refer to various former national denominations for the present-day country of Colombia.
*New Kingdom of Granada, from 1538 to 1717
*Viceroyalty of New Granada, from 1717 to 1810, re-established from 1816 to 1819
*United Provinces of ...
(then
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
and
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
) and patriots from
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
rested after the meetings.
References
Ministry of Culture - House of SantanderGobernación de Norte de Santander - House of SantanderHouse of the Bagatela
Cúcuta
Geography of Norte de Santander Department
Francisco de Paula Santander
Independence of Colombia
Independence of Venezuela
Tourist attractions in Norte de Santander Department
Parks in Colombia
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