Park of the Greater Colombia
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Villa del Rosario
Villa del Rosario is the name of several places:* Villa del Rosario, Córdoba, Argentina* Villa del Rosario, Entre Ríos, Argentina* Villa del Rosario, the former name of present-day Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina* Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander, Colombia...
(Cúcuta
Cúcuta
Cúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active...
. It is in the 6th km of International Highway to Venezuela. The Park houses the House of Santander
House of Santander
The House of Santander is the place where the hero of the Colombian independence Francisco de Paula Santander lived his first 13 years.It's in the locality of Villa del Rosario , in the 6th km of the International Highway to Venezuela....
, where the hero of the independence Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña , was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada...
lived his first 13 years; The Historic church, where the Congress of Cúcuta
Congress of Cúcuta
The Congress of Cúcuta was a constituent assembly where Gran Colombia was created. The Congress elected Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Paula Santander president and vice-president, respectively....
was established and where the Constitution of Cúcuta
Constitution of Cúcuta
The Constitution of Cúcuta, also known as Constitution of the Gran Colombia and Constitution of 1821 was the founding document and constitution of the country of Gran Colombia, unifying the territories of the Viceroyalty of New Granada as part of a federation...
was written, also known as the Constitution of 1821, Constitution of Villa del Rosario, or Constitution of the Greater Colombia. The House of the Bagatela
House of the Bagatela
The House of the Bagatela or Government House was where the executive power in 1821. At the time of the Congress this house had two levels that were demolished by Earthquake of Cúcuta....
, which served as base for the Executive Power in 1821. The Historical tamarind
Historical tamarind
The Historical Tamarind is a tree which the deputies of the New Granada and the patriotic ones of Venezuela rested under the shade of after the exhausting meetings in which the Constitution of Cúcuta was written up, whose primary target was the creation of the Great Colombia during the Congress of...
, a tree where the editors of the constitution of the New Granada
Viceroyalty of New Granada
The Viceroyalty of New Granada was the name given on 27 May 1717, to a Spanish colonial jurisdiction in northern South America, corresponding mainly to modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. The territory corresponding to Panama was incorporated later in 1739...
(then Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
and Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
) and patriots from Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
rested under its shade after the exhaustive meetings.
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