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DeutschFort Tiuna
10°26′27.01″N 66°54′32.6″W / 10.4408361°N 66.909056°W
| Fort Tiuna | |
|---|---|
 Caracas ...  Venezuela | |
 View of the Headquarters of the Ministry of Defense, Fort Tiuna | |
| Type | Military installation |
| Area | Coche and El Valle Parish, Libertador Municipality |
| Site information | |
| Open to the public | Partially |
Fuerte Tiuna or Fort Tiuna (more formally the Military Complex of Fort Tiuna) is the name of an important military installation in Caracas, Venezuela.
Fort
[edit]There are important institutions[1] of various types, such as the headquarters of the Ministry of Popular Power for Defense, EFOFAC, The General Command of the Army, El Libertador Shooting Range, the Army Food Center, the Caracas Military Circle, Paseo Los Próceres, the Bolívar Battalion, La Viñeta Residence (Official Residence of the Vice President) and some units of the Venezuelan Military Academy.[citation needed]
It is located between Coche and El Valle parishes, both south of the Libertador Municipality and southwest of the Caracas Metropolitan District, to the north center of Venezuela.
It houses not only military structures but also sports, urban, cultural, financial spaces[2] etc, highlights the Tiuna City Complex a complex of thousands of homes built under the auspices of the Ministry of Habitat and Housing and Residences Carlos Raúl Villanueva assigned to military personnel.
It is bordered largely by the Regional Highway of the Center and the Valle Coche Highway.
Gallery
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Fort Tiuna Lagoon Caracas -
One of the entrances to Fort Tiuna -
Tiuna City, housing complex -
Parks on the Valle-Coche motorway, at the height of Fort Tiuna -
Paseo Los Próceres, Fort Tiuna
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See also
[edit]- History of Venezuela
- National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela
- National Experimental University of the Armed Forces
References
[edit]- ^ Faccini, Humberto F.; Fernández, Santiago P. (October 21, 2008). The 7 Deadly Sins of Chavismo (in Spanish). Trafford Publishing. ISBN 9781425183004. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ "Banco de Venezuela inaugurated office in Fort Tiuna". www.entornointeligente.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2019.