Battle of Alto de los Godos

When

25 May 1813

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

9.74° N, 63.19° W

Description

1813 battle

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

The Battle of Alto de los Godos took place on 25 May 1813 in Maturín, Venezuela, in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Granada during the Venezuelan War of Independence. The advancing, superior Royalist forces under Domingo de Monteverde were defeated by the patriots at a hilltop that came to be known as the Alto de los Godos. Women fighters, including Juana Ramírez, played a key role on the patriot side.

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