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The Best Attractions In San Cristobal

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San Cristóbal is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Táchira. It is located in a mountainous region of Western Venezuela. The city is situated 818 metres above sea level in the northern Andes overlooking the Torbes River, 56 kilometres from the Colombian border. San Cristóbal was founded on March 31, 1561 by Juan de Maldonado. From its inception, the city evolved rapidly as one of the most progressive and important centers of commerce in the country, due primarily to its rich soil and its proximity to the border with Colombia. The city was severely damaged by the Earthquake of Cúcuta in 1875. The city is located on the Pan-American Highway.
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The Best Attractions In San Cristobal

  • 2. The Cathedral of San Cristobal San Cristobal
    The Dominican Republic is a country located in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that are shared by two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest Caribbean nation by area at 48,671 square kilometers , and third by population with approximately 10 million people, of which approximately three million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.Christopher Columbus landed on the island on December 5, 1492, which the native Taíno people had inhabited since the 7th century. The colony of Santo Domingo became the site of the first perman...
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  • 4. Sambil San Cristobal
    Centro Sambil Caracas, located in Caracas, Venezuela, is the sixth largest shopping mall in South America. It was completed in 1998 and has over 500 stores in approximately 3 million square-feet . The mall has five levels: Autopista, Libertador, Acuario, Feria, and Diversión. There are other Sambil malls located in Valencia, Margarita, Maracaibo, San Cristóbal, Barquisimeto, Paraguaná, Santo Domingo, Curaçao and Madrid. The mall is owned by Constructora Sambil, run and owned by the Salomon Cohen Levy family. Alfredo Cohen is the director.A second mall was planned for Caracas under the name Centro Sambil La Candelaria. However, in December 2010, before construction of the building was completed, the Venezuelan government, under then-President Hugo Chávez, expropriated the building whil...
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  • 6. Basilica de Nuestra Senora de la Consolacion Tariba
    The Basilica of Our Lady of Consolation also Basilica of Táriba is a Catholic temple located in the locality of Táriba in the Táchira state in the Andes of the South American country of Venezuela.Its history goes back to the emirta built in the early times by the Augustinians who required to become a temple of hierarchy and dimensions sufficient to be at the service of a growing parishioners and to the pilgrims, being the priest Francisco Martínez de Espinoza, cura and vicar of the Villa of San Cristóbal, who began the construction of the first temple dedicated to the Virgin of Táriba, 19 August 1690 that later would be also replaced. The present temple is dedicated to the Lady of the Consolation, patron of the state Táchira. Obtained from the Pope John XXIII the title of basilica m...
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