The Santander Park is the main park of the 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...

n cities of 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...

 and Bucaramanga

Bucaramanga

Bucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area...

, though there are other such parks in Bogotá

Bogotá

Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

 and Neiva. The parks share a namesake with the Colombian departments Santander North and Santander, named in honor of the highly respected hero of Colombian 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...

, who was born in Cúcuta.

Cúcuta

The Santander North park located in this city is found between 5th and 6th Avenue and 10th and 11th Street. Historically, the primary Plaza of San José of Guasimales was located there, a site that played host to the principal events and public spectacles of Cúcutan life. In the center of the park is a bronze statue of General Santander, created by the German sculptor Carl Bornr and dedicated on August 5, 1890.

The political department of Colombia and the Cathedral of San José are located immediately in front of the park. The Cathedral is said to be a considerable architectural feature of the city.

See also

• 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....
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• Historic church
• Historic Tamarindo
• 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....
  
  
• Great Colombian Park