Vargas Swamp Lancers

Vargas Swamp Lancers
Monumento a los Lanceros
Vargas Swamp Lancers
ArtistRodrigo Arenas Betancourt Eng. Guillermo Gonzalez Zuleta
Year1970 (1970)
Typesculpture
LocationBoyacá, Colombia

Vargas Swamp Lancers, or Monument to the Lancers (Spanish: Monumento a los Lanceros), is a large sculptural complex realized by Colombian artist Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt and by engineer Guillermo Gonzalez Zuleta in the department of Boyacá (Colombia) as a memorial for the Battle of Vargas Swamp. It is the largest monument in Colombia.

This monument depicts the attack of the 14 lancers commanded by Colonel Juan José Rondón. It is 33 m high and was dedicated in the 150th anniversary of the Colombian Declaration of Independence (1970).