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France Square. France Square (Plaza Francia in Spanish), also known as "Plaza Altamira", is a public space located in Altamira, east Caracas.It was built at the beginning of the 1940s and opened on August 11, 1945, with the original name of "Plaza Altamira".
The Plaza Altamira military were a group of initially fourteen Venezuelan military officers, both active and retired who on 22 October 2002 spoke out against the government of Hugo Chávez in the Altamira Square, in eastern Caracas, declaring the square a "liberated zone" and inviting their fellow soldiers to join them with the aim of achieving Chávez's resignation.
Aerial view of the Plaza Francia and its surroundings, which compose the Altamira zone of Caracas. Altamira is a neighborhood located in the Chacao municipality of Caracas, Venezuela . It has its own Metro Station , many hotels and restaurants, and it is an important business and residential center of the city.
Plaza Francia in Altamira. Altamira is a neighborhood in the Chacao municipality of Caracas. It has its own Metro Station, many hotels, malls and restaurants, and is an important business and cultural centre. The Francisco de Miranda avenue (a major avenue in Caracas) and the Distibuidor Altamira (a congested highway exit) are both in Altamira.
On 22 October 14 military officers who had been suspended for participating in the coup, led by General Enrique Medina Gómez, occupied Plaza Francia in Altamira, an Eastern Caracas neighbourhood, and declared it a "liberated territory". They said they would not leave until Chávez had resigned, and called on their colleagues in the military to ...
On 22 October 2002, a group of fourteen military officers, both active and retired (including some who had been involved in the April coup), spoke out against the government in a pronunciamiento in the Altamira Square, eastern Caracas, declaring the square a "liberated zone" and inviting their fellow soldiers to join them with the aim of ...
Plaza Altamira, the square in Caracas where opposition military officers where abducted, later tortured and killed in 2003. In 2003, three military men linked to the opposition military officers in the Plaza Altamira during the 2002-2003 general strike were killed.
Line 3 of the Caracas Metro currently serves 8 stations besides the interchange to Line 1, Plaza Venezuela, and has a route length of 10.4 kilometres (6.5 mi). [2] It started revenue service between Plaza Venezuela and El Valle in 1994; [ 2 ] it was later extended to La Rinconada in 2006, but this section did not become fully operational until ...
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