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Turmero Town Center, Aragua State, Venezuela

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Happy start to the weekend, everyone! As usual, I'm starting by reiterating that this is a special post 😅 I obviously enjoy every trip, every visit, and every place I discover in life, but this one was special for another reason: I visited the central area of ​​Turmero, Aragua State. This is not only the state in my country where I was born, but also the capital of the municipality where I spent my childhood and adolescence. It used to be my everyday life, and now I have to travel to visit it, which makes it more complicated. But what filled me with the most nostalgia was revisiting places that made me so happy and helped shape the person I am today.


Santiago Mariño Municipal Council:

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¡Feliz inicio del fin de semana para todos!. Como ya es costumbre, hoy inicio repitiendo nuevamente que este es un post especial 😅 Evidentemente disfruto de cada viaje, cada visita y cada lugar que voy conociendo en la vida, pero este fue especial por otro motivo, y es que visité el casco central de Turmero, Estado Aragua, que no solo es el estado de mi país donde nací, sino la capital del municipio donde viví mi infancia y adolescencia. Antes era mi cotidianidad, y ahora tengo que viajar para poder visitarlo, lo que lo hace más complicado, pero lo que más me llenó de nostalgia fue volver a visitar lugares que me hicieron tan feliz y que ayudaron a definir la persona que soy hoy.


Santiago Mariño Square in Turmero:

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Something that seems normal in all towns is that when you revisit them many years later, you discover they remain practically unchanged. I've probably passed near Santiago Mariño Square a couple of times in the last 20 years, but only because it's on my way to wherever I'm going. But this visit I made during the last carnival was specifically to reconnect with this place, to walk around, appreciate the details, go to mass, and enjoy with my mother the ice cream my father always bought there after Sunday service at Our Lady of Candelaria Church.


Our Lady of Candelaria Church:

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Algo que parece normal en todos los pueblos es que cuando vuelves a visitarlos muchos años después descubres que se mantienen prácticamente intactos. Posiblemente he pasado cerca de la plaza Santiago Mariño un par de veces durante los últimos 20 años, pero solo porque me queda de camino a cualquier lugar donde me dirija, pero esta visita que hice en los últimos carnavales fue especialmente para reconectar con este lugar, caminar, apreciar los detalles, ir a la misa y disfrutar junto a mi mamá del respectivo helado que mi papá siempre compraba en el mismo lugar cuando terminaba la celebración dominical en la Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria.


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I really thought I'd find some changes inside the church, but that wasn't the case. In fact, the beautiful red carpet that used to stretch down the middle of the central aisle wasn't even there. The Church of Turmero is one of the simplest I've seen in Venezuela, and I mean that in terms of luxury. The only things you'll find on its white walls are countless images of saints and virgins, with ordinary lamps and plenty of ceiling fans, since it's one of the hottest places, just like the rest of Turmero. But what it lacks in luxury it more than makes up for in faithful worshippers, as many devotees gather here week after week and on special occasions in honor of Our Lady of Candelaria. I think no one would regret visiting this corner of the world at least once—a peaceful place, quiet, with few people, and which has preserved its historic center intact for the enjoyment of its residents and visitors.


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De verdad pensé que me encontraría con algunos cambios dentro de la iglesia, pero no fue así, de hecho, ni siquiera estaba la hermosa alfombra roja que se dejaba caer por todo el medio del pasillo central. La Iglesia de Turmero es una de las más sencillas que he conocido en Venezuela, y me refiero a lujos. Lo único que encontrarás en sus blancas paredes serán las interminables imágenes de santos y vírgenes, con lámparas normales y muchos ventiladores de techo, ya que es de las más calientes, al igual que toda la ciudad de Turmero, pero lo que le falta en lujos le sobra en feligresía, ya que muchos devotos se reúnen aquí semana a semana y en fechas especiales en honor a la Virgen de la Candelaria. Creo que nadie se arrepentiría de visitar al menos una vez este rincón en el mundo, un lugar tranquilo, poco ruido, pocas personas y que conserva su casco histórico intacto para el disfrute de sus habitantes y visitantes...


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I would really like to visit Turmurero in Aragua State; it has several tourist and religious sites that are well worth visiting. I really liked the interior of the church, especially the wooden ceiling in the colonial style.

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