Obelisk of the Pampa de la Quinua. Ayacucho Peru. Marzo 2014 Ayacucho, Peru,The battle of Ayacucho was the last great confrontation of the Spanish-American wars of independence in South America (1809-1826) and meant the consolidation of the independence of the Republic of Peru. The battle took place in the Pampa de Quinua in Ayacucho, Peru, on December 9, 1824 and the victory of the patriots meant the disappearance of the royalist military contingent, and sealed the independence of Peru with a military capitulation that put an end to the resistance of the troops of the Viceroyalty of Peru.