On that day as today the Battle of St. Matthew was fought, in which heroism became mythology

Néstor Rivero Pérez nestor5030@gmail.com On March 25, 1814, the Battle of San Mateo was staged in Ingenio, the same name (Aragua), and where Captain Antonio Ricaurte Lozano was immolated and immortalized his ideal of a great homeland. This day was both due to the loss of the life of the native of Villa de Leyva, as well as to that of the republican arsenal to which the procer exploited, an expensive Republican triumph. Republic and slavery The a…