Puente de Boyacá (in English: The Bridge of Boyacá) is a small bridge

Bridge

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 located at the Bogota-Tunja highway, 110 km east of Bogotá

Bogotá

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 and 14 km west from Tunja

Tunja

Tunja is a city and municipality located in the central part of Colombia, in the region of "Alto Chicomocha". As of the 2005 Census it had 152,419 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Department of Boyacá and part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. It is approximately 145 km...

 in a valley, crossing Teatinos river. Numerous monuments have been erected in the surroundings to commemorate the historic battle of August 7, 1819 known as the Battle of Boyacá

Battle of Boyacá

The Battle of Boyacá in Colombia, then known as New Granada, was the battle in which Colombia acquired its definitive independence from Spanish Monarchy, although fighting with royalist forces would continue for years....

 which granted independence to Colombia

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The bridge was built in the early 18th century, and was dedicated as National Monument and memorial of independence in 1920.

Commemorative monuments

Near to the bridge are located the following secondary monuments:

• The Von Miller monument, depicting five allegoric
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   female figures (Symbolic of Colombia
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  , Venezuela
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  , Peru
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  , Ecuador
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   and Bolivia
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  ) holding Simón Bolívar
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• The Francisco de Paula Santander
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   statue.
• The Triumphal Arch
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  , depicting the three main races (caucasian, African and native American) that combined into the Colombian ethnic mix.
• The Flags Square, with The Liberty Fire; a perpetual gas-ignited flame.
• The chapel, with four daily mass
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  es.