When I was living in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela
during Dec 2008 until June 2010, I had a good time during a visit to Colonia Tovar.
Colonia Tovar is a charming place, about 60 km to the west by driving a car from
Caracas.
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| German architecture. I am taking pictures around this small village. |
This place was born in 19th century
when the Independence´s war was over. Thanked to Agustin Codazzi who took the
german immigrants to install in this new place and built this place (which is
around the montagne) like german architecture.
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| The church and the statue of Codazzi (right below). |
And now, Colonia Tovar becomes
one of the tourist places – a must visit – in Venezuela and it still keeps their
german´s tradition.
Most of the architectures in this small village
built in german´s way. And also the restaurants, cafes and bar. Even more, the
waiters and waitrisses are still wearing their costumes traditionals nowdays.
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| Colonia Tovar during xmas in Dec 2008. |
And
how about the language? Yes, most of the old generations are still speaking
german and the new generations are speaking Spanish.
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| With cold and fresh temperature around the mountain, it is like we were in Germany. |
If one day you will visit Venezuela and you
don´t have much time to spend around Venezuela, Colonia Tovar is a good choice
to discover another side of this country.
Auf Wiedersehen! ¡Hasta Luego!
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| Where Colonia Tovar is. |
Photo map: google map.
Thank you LGN for a nice visit.