page_title: Aragua
section_title: XIX Century
hierarchical_section_title: Aragua / History / XIX Century
caption_attribution_description: Español: El 28 de agosto de 1843 fue consagrada a San Martin de Tours la primera iglesia de la Colonia Tovar. Había sido construída por los colonos en solo cuatro meses desde su llegada. Tenía una estructura de madera, paredes de bahareque y techo de palmiche. Colocarón en ella la imagen de San Martin que trajeron de Endingen, Kaiserstuhl. En 1862 los colonos construyeron en el mismo sitio una nueva iglesia ya que l original se había deteriorado. Las paredes se levantaron por el sistema de entramado de madera (fachwerk) utilizando ladrillos para rellenarlas. Para la cubierta del techo usaron tejas de madera. Después de algunas remodelaciones realizadas en 1893, es en el año 1918 cuando el padre benedictino Juan Paul Dobbert cambia totalmente la torre campanario construyendo una nueva. En el año 1953 el carpintero Juan Breidenbach y sus hijos construyeron una nueva torre octogonal de madera siguiendo los planos que había preparado Richard Aretz en 1940. En 1957 se construyó la segunda nave, perpendicular a la primera y de acuerdo a los planos de Aretz que recordaban la de Freundestadt en en la Selva Negra alemana. En 1981 se reconstruyó la torre principal en concreto y en 1983 se hizo lo mismo con la otra torre. Fue declarado Monumento Histórico Nacional según Gaceta Oficial no. 35.441 de fecha 15 de abril de 1994. Estado Aragua. Venezuela. This is a photo of a Venezuelan monument identified by the ID ARATOR-0411
context_page_description: Aragua State is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungles and Caribbean beaches. The most popular are Cata and Choroni. It has Venezuela's first national park which is called Henri Pittier.
  The capitol is Maracay, other important cities include Turmero and El Limón.
  Aragua State covers a total surface area of 7,014 km² and, based on the 2011 census information, the estimated population of Aragua State in 2012 is 1,630,308 inhabitants.
context_section_description: Aragua was created as a province on February 11, 1848 when it was separated from that of Caracas, with a territory similar to that which today encompasses the current state of Aragua and composed of La Victoria, Turmero, Maracay, Villa de Cura and San Sebastian, having the city of La Victoria as its capital.
  In 1864 Aragua became an independent state until 1866, when it merged with Guárico to form the state of Guzmán Blanco. Its capital changed to Villa de Cura in 1881. Finally in 1899 Aragua recovered its status as an autonomous state
caption: Church of San Martin de Tours, Colonia Tovar
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