WALK AROUND THE MONUMENTS OF THE PUENTE DE BOYACÁ

and find the answers. If you don’t know the right word in English, write it in Spanish.
NAME: ______________________________________________ 4 ____ March 2011

MONUMENT OF PEDRO PASCASIO and el lancerito EL NEGRO JOSÉ

1. Who did they capture? ____________________________________
2. When? ________________________________________________
3. What did the General try to give them? _________________ and ________________
4. Who or what is a “lancero”? ____________________________________________
5. What are the two men holding? ____________________ and ___________________

PLAZA DE BANDERA and PLAZA GENERAL SANTANDER

Look at the plaque near the bridge:
1. What was the date and year of the Batalla de Boyacá? _____________________
Complete the sentence
2. En este lugar se efectuó la más _________________ _____________ de la batalla

The bridge that you see today was built in 1939 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the
founding of Tunja.
3. In which year was Tunja founded? _________________
In the Plaza General Santander, there are 5 flag poles for the flags of the Países
Bolivarianos.

4. Name these five countries: ______________ ______________ ______________

_______________ _____________
5. What is the name of the river crossed by the Puente de Boyacá? ________________

There is a flame lit in the Plaza de Banderas.

6. It represents ____________________ which must never be extinguished.
Read the base of the statue of Santander.
7. In which year was Santander born? ____________________________________
8. What was his complete name? ____________________________________
9. We remember him because he was the “fundador ____________ de la __________”
En la Batalla de Boyacá, le correspondió al General Santander comandar la División de
Vanguardia del Ejército Libertador. Su acción en el Puente de Boyacá, con su paso triunfal
que derrotó las tropas del Coronel Jiménez, lo convirtieron en el Héroe Nacional de la
Batalla de Boyacá, con la cual se selló la libertad de Colombia y se culminó la
independencia.

ON A ROCK in the Plaza de Banderas. Read the plaque.

10. Which country sent a Legion to fight with Bolívar’s troops? __________________
11. Who was their commander? ___________________________________________
12. Which word do you think means; “Actividad que se realiza con mucho esfuerzo y tras
vencer numerosas dificultades” _________________________________

THE MONUMENT TO SIMÓN BOLÍVAR, the Liberator

This was designed and made by a German called Ferdinand Von Miller.
Look at the monument and see if you can fill in the correct words to describe it:
1. What does Simón Bolívar have in his hand? ______________
2. Just below Bolívar, how many women are holding him up? _______
(They represent the países bolivarianos.)
3. Below each of the women, what can you see, representing each country?
______________

There is a woman sitting below the words BOLIVAR. She is Clio, the Greek muse of history.
4. What is she holding on her knee? __________
5. Around the statue, how many angels can you see? _____
6. What are they blowing? _________________________
7. What are they holding in their other hand? _________________________
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD (the one that goes to SAMACÁ) where we will go by BUS.
OBELISK
This was the first monument erected in the “Campo de Boyacá”. It was completed in 1896.
These Egyptian style obelisks (like Cleopatra’s Needle) were very fashionable in Europe at
the time.

Look at the four sides of the Obelisk and complete the quotations.
1. BOLIVAR: «Con los siglos crecerá vuestra gloria como crecen las _________
cuando el sol declina».

2. «El más grande de los hombres es él que sabe conquistar la ______________ para
los demás»

3. «La libertad del Nuevo Mundo es la ______________ del universo»

4. «A los ________________ del 7 de agosto de 1819».

THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH

This was designed and built by el maestro Luis Alberto Acuña in 1954. It was built to
honour all the soldiers who took part in the Campaña Libertador.

1. What is on the top of the Arch? __________________________

There are 3 heads on the horizontal part. They symbolize the 3 races which represent ‘el
alma del pueblo colombiano’.
2. What are those 3 races? _______________________________

You can see the Himno Nacional at the base of the Arch?
3. Who wrote the words? _________________________________________
4. Who composed the music? _____________________________________
5. Do you know in what other countries you could find an “Arco del Triunfo”?
________________________ _______________________

Can you find the statue (bust) of Coronel Cruz Carrillo?

What does it say on the stone column?
6. Comandante del ____________________ _____________________ de Boyacá.
7. Can you find any other statues? ________________________________________
PANTANO DE VARGAS
1. What was the date of the battle at the Pantano de Vargas? _____________________
2. Who was the Colonel that led the lanceros into battle? _________ _______
__________
3. The lanceros came from the Llanos, over the mountainous area called the
____________________ de _______________
4. How many lanceros are there in the statue? ___________________
5. What are they wearing? _______________________________________________
6. What are they holding? _______________________________________________

7. The statue was erected in 1969, to celebrate _____ years since full Independence.
8. Who made this statue? _______________ _________________ ______________
He was born in Antioquia in 1919 and died in 1995.
8. Have you seen any other statues made by this sculptor? Where?
__________________________________________________________________

The commander of the British Legion lost his life in this battle.
9. What was his name? _________________ _________________
10. The name of the leader of the royalist Spanish army was
P________________ M________________

El coronel patriota Juan José Rondón presenta a Bolívar la idea de realizar una carga de
caballería ligera. A la voz de Bolívar de «Coronel, ¡Salve usted la patria!»,
Rondón, seguido inicialmente por 14 lanceros que respondieron de inmediato a la voz:
«¡Que los valientes me sigan!»
y de cerca por el resto de los llaneros realizó una carga de caballería que se considera decisiva
para desequilibrar la batalla a favor del ejército de Bolívar.

La parte elaborada en concreto tiene treinta y seis (36) escalones en memoria a los 36 años que
Simón Bolívar tenía el día de la Batalla (cumplió 36 años el día anterior a la batalla, el 24 de
julio).