Colonia Tovar
Venezuela
Founded in 1843 by immigrants from the Grand Duchy of Baden, Colonia Tovar is a mountain town in Venezuela's Aragua state known as "the Germany of the Caribbean." Its German-speaking settlers maintained their language, architecture, and traditions in relative isolation for over a century, and the town still produces temperate crops — peaches, strawberries, and vegetables — unusual for the region. It also claims the first Venezuelan beer, the Cerveza Tovar, and published the country's first bilingual German-Spanish newspaper in its founding year.
- Nearest water5.3 km
- Nearest mountain1.8 km
- UNESCO within 50 km1