Fort Tiuna
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{{short description|Military fortification in Caracas, Venezuela}}
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Fuerte Tiuna or Fort Tiuna (more formally the Military Complex of Fort Tiuna) is the name of an important military installation in Caracas, Venezuela.
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There are important institutions{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6IKCy2WKKGQC&q=fuerte%2520tiuna%2520importantes&pg=PA167|title=The 7 Deadly Sins of Chavismo|last1=Faccini|first1=Humberto F.|last2=Fernández|first2=Santiago P.|date=October 21, 2008|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=9781425183004|language=es|access-date=September 16, 2019}} 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.{{cn|date=September 2019}}
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{{Cite web|url=http://www.entornointeligente.com/articulo/5576021/Banco-de-Venezuela-inauguro-oficina-en-Fuerte-Tiuna-09042015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715205514/http://www.entornointeligente.com/articulo/5576021/Banco-de-Venezuela-inauguro-oficina-en-Fuerte-Tiuna-09042015|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2015|title=Banco de Venezuela inaugurated office in Fort Tiuna|website=www.entornointeligente.com|language=es|access-date=September 17, 2019}} 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
Laguna de Fuerte Tiuna, Caracas. Espejo de agua.JPG|Fort Tiuna Lagoon Caracas
Fuerte Tiuna 2000 000.jpg|One of the entrances to Fort Tiuna
Misión Vivienda en Fuerte Tiuna.jpg|Tiuna City, housing complex
Parques en la autopista Valle-Coche, Fuerte Tiuna.jpg|Parks on the Valle-Coche motorway, at the height of Fort Tiuna
Caracas, Canciller Ricardo Patiño participó en los actos de conmemoración de la muerte de Hugo Chávez (12971234735).jpg|Paseo Los Próceres, Fort Tiuna
See also
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