Bárbula

Bárbula is a locality in Naguanagua Municipality, Venezuela. It has the main campus of the University of Carabobo.

This article is about the place in Venezuela. For other meanings of the word, see Barbula (disambiguation).
Bárbula
Bárbula
Coordinates: 10°17′N 68°01′W
Country Venezuela
StateCarabobo
MunicipalityNaguanagua Municipality
Time zoneUTC-04:00 (VST)
La muerte de Girardot en Bárbula, a painting of the Battle of Barbula by Cristóbal Rojas[1]

Battle of Bárbula

At the beginning of the 19th century Bárbula was a farm or hacienda, which was visited by Alexander von Humboldt.

In 1813 the locality was the site of a battle, the Batalla de Bárbula, in which Colombian and Venezuelan independentists defeated Royalist troops. The background was that the United Provinces of New Granada (Colombia) granted Simon Bolivar permission to lead a force to free Venezuela. The battle is mentioned in the National Anthem of Colombia in an allusion to the heroic death of Atanasio Girardot.

Del Orinoco el cauce
se colma de despojos;
de sangre y llanto un río
se mira allí correr.
En Bárbula no saben
las almas ni los ojos,
si admiración o espanto
sentir o padecer.

Bárbula Tunnel

Bárbula Tunnel is part of a railway under construction between Puerto Cabello and La Encrucijada (Estado Aragua). The project to build the line of approx. 108 km is managed by Instituto de Ferrocarriles del Estado. The tunnel has a length of 7.8 km (4.8 mi), which makes it the longest in South America.[2]

References
  1. Chorba TE, Breedlove B. Depictions of heroism in battle and anguish from tuberculosis. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Mar [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.AC2203
  2. "Puerto Cabello-La Encrucijada Rail Line in Venezuela is 50% Complete". 2008. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
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