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Christmas meals in Venezuela would include hallacas, pastries, pan de jamón and chicken stew, but not all families have been able to afford them during food shortages in Venezuela. [13] In 2014, despite food shortages affecting the country , the Venezuelan government created a hallaca with a length of around 400 feet, a Guinness World Record ...
The current town of Lechería made its prominence after the Spanish Crown ordered the construction of the Fortín de la Magdalena fort in order to prevent pirate attacks on sailors that took the Barcelona-Cumaná route (the fort was completed in 1799 and is located on the Cerro el Morro).
Already in pre-Columbian times, in the semi-arid Central-Western Venezuela, the Cocuy plant was known as life and food for aboriginal tribes Aymanes, Xaguas and Jiraharas. The plant is used as raw material for the drink of the same name. [6] cocuy de penca.
Divina Pastora convocó a más de dos millones de fieles" Fe y cultura en Venezuela. Memorias de la II jornadas de historia y religión, Caracas, 2002, ISBN 980-244-341-7, página 91; Analítica.com, 27-5-2011, Atacaron otra imagen de la Divina Pastora; El Observador, 27-5-2011, Yaracuy amaneció la imagen de la Virgen del Rosario pintada de rojo
Many of the historical areas of Barcelona centre its main plazas: Bolivar, Miranda and Boyacá. The Plaza Boyacá was the main settlement in Barcelona, and is fronted by the Iglesia El Carmen (English: Carmelite Church) and the city's cathedral, the Catedral de San Cristobal (English: Cathedral of Saint Christopher), built between 1748 and 1773 ...
Barlovento is a sub-region of Miranda state, Venezuela. During Spanish colonization of the Americas, Barlovento was developed as estate owners founded cacao haciendas. The work on the estates was done by African slaves brought from what is now the Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
[1] its name comes from the glaciers of the peaks León, Toro and Espejo that could be seen from Los Nevados before their disappearance in the 1960s . the main activity of the area is tourism, with its horse and donkey rides via the cable car station Loma Redonda. Its inhabitants are also engaged in farming, especially the cultivation of ...
Coro is the capital of Falcón State and the second oldest city in Venezuela (after Cumaná).It was founded on July 26, 1527, by Juan de Ampíes as Santa Ana de Coro.It was historically known as Neu-Augsburg (from 1528 to 1546) by the German Welsers, and Coro by the Spanish colonizers and Venezuelans, the city and buildings were built during the Spanish Empire.