The Historic church of Cúcuta is in the locality of Villa del Rosario

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...

) where Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

, 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...

 and other important persons of the independence of 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 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...

 reunited to sign 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...

 on August 30 of 1821, which main target was the creation of one republic unifying 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...

 (Colombia and Panama) and Venezuela. Later, Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

 was integrated to the unification.

Inside of it there is a statue of Simón Bolivar

Simón Bolívar

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

. At the moment is part of the Park of the Great Colombia. Due to the Earthquake of Cúcuta that happened the May 18 of 1875, the church is in ruins.

Sea also

• 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...
  
  
• Villa del Rosario
  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...
  
  
• Norte de Santander
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Earthquake of Cúcuta
• 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...
  
  
• Simón Bolivar
  Simón Bolívar
  Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...