La Asunción

Cathedral of la Asunción

La Asunción is a city in Venezuela. The capital of Nueva Esparta state, it lies on the Isla Margarita in the Caribbean Sea, off the South American mainland.

Owing to its settlement by Spain in 1524, many colonial buildings still remain.

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