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Church Attractions In Andean Region

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The Andean Region is one of the 10 administrative regions in which Venezuela was divided for its development plans; the region is composed by the states of Mérida, Táchira, Trujillo and Barinas; and the region is located straddling the Andes Mountain Range. Except for the people of the Llanos in Eastern Barinas, natives from this region are usually referred to as gochos.It has a total population of 3,607,720 and a density of 39,84 people per square kilometer. The Andean region makes up a mountain-like system with moors, lagoons, valleys, towns and many churches, and within these places it is possible to experience a wide variety of weather, like: mil...
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  • 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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  • 3. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar Barinas
    The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar or simply Cathedral of Barinas, is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in Briceño Mendez Avenue in front of the Bolivar Square in the city of Barinas, the capital of Barinas State, in the plains region of the country South American of Venezuela. The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the seat of the diocese of Barinas that was created on July 23, 1965 with the papal bull Apostolicum munus of Pope Paul VI. It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala. As its name implies was dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her title of Our Lady of Pilar de Zaragoza.It is a structure dating from the Spanish colonial era being built between 1770 and 1780. It is an important tourist attr...
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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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