The Battle of Boyacá is the decisive battle that ensures the success of the liberation campaign of New Granada.
The battle of Boyaca is considered the beginning of the independence of the North of South America, and is considered important because it leads to the victories of the battle of Carabobo in Venezuela, Pichincha in Ecuador and Junín Ayacucho in Peru.
New Granada acquires its definitive independence from the Spanish Monarchy, although fighting with royalist forces will continue for years.
Brigadier Generals Francisco de Paula Santander and José Antonio Anzoátegui lead a combined republican army of Newgranadians and Venezuelans to defeat in two hours a Royalist Newgranadian-Venezuelan forces led by Spanish Colonels José María Barreiro and Francisco Jiménez.
The battle occurs one hundred and fifty kilometers from Bogotá in the Andes Mountains, in a place known as Casa de Teja, close to a bridge over the Teatinos River and three roads heading to Samaca, Motavita and Tunja, an area which is now part of the Boyacá Department.
