Portal:Venezuela/Did you know

...that the Parque Central Complex towers are the tallest buildings in South America?
...that Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan revolutionary leader, took part in the French Revolution and is depicted in Paris's Arc de Triomphe?
...that the Pabellón criollo, Venezuela's national dish (right), is actually a representation of the social classes that existed within the country during the Spanish Colony?
...that the name Venezuela actually means Little Venice?
...that Dr José Gregorio Hernández is widely considered as a saint by Venezuelans, but never given such title by the Vatican?
...that the Mérida Cable Car is the highest aerial tramway in the world?
...that the Venezuelan War of Independence against the Spanish was viewed by the Venezuelan positivism as a civil war?
...that the approximate number of Venezuelan-born currently signed to the Major League Baseball was around 800?
...that the Macagua Hydroelectric Complex is the only one in the world to be within the limits of a city?

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