Colonia Tovar
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Colonia Tovar is a mountain town of Venezuela, capital of the municipality Tovar in Aragua state. It is located about 65.5 km west of Caracas. It was founded on April 8, 1843, by a group of 390 immigr
Colonia Tovar
View of a house in Colonia Tovar.
Ferdinand Bellermann. Colonia Tovar (1844)
The Church San Martin de Tours was based in the church of Endingen in Germany.
Grand Duchy of Baden
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The Grand Duchy of Baden was a German polity on the east bank of the Rhine. It originally existed as a sovereign state from 1806 to 1871 and later as part of the German Empire until 1918.
Colonia Tovar
…is located about 65.5 km (41 mi) west of Caracas. It was founded on April 8, 1843, by a group of 390 immigrants from the then independent state of the Grand Duchy of Baden (later incorporated into Germany). It is characterized by the cultural imprint of its origin, so it is called "the Germany of the Caribbean". The economy…
Monument to the Constitution of Baden (and the Grand Duke for granting it), in Rondellplatz, Karlsruhe, Germany