It is a large square and in the center is a statue of a soldier riding a horse. This square was built on the fourteenth of October of 1813 by the municipality of Mérida, in honor of the Venezuelan hero, the liberator Simon Bolivar, for his efforts in the liberation movement from colonialism, and this place at the time of colonialism was a field The colonial municipality, and the statue was placed in 1867, and it was replaced by another statue on January 1, 1905, and this square is one of the most famous landmarks in the city of Merida.