Villa de Cura or Villa de San Luis Rey de Cura () is the main town in the
Zamora district of the
Aragua
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state in
Venezuela
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.
A small town, very dry between the months of October and April and rainy during the rest of the year, it is best known in Venezuela for being the cradle of one of the best all-male children choirs in the country, ''Niños Cantores de Villa de Cura'' . The tiny town is also well known by its ''
chicharrones'' and ''
cachapa
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s'', all local foods.
Prominent residents
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Amador Bendayán
Amador Jacobo Bendayán Bendayán en-dah-IAN(November 11, 1920 – August 8, 1989) was a Venezuelan actor and entertainer.
Biography
The son of Moroccan Jewish immigrants, Bendayán was born in Villa de Cura, Aragua, and was raised and educ ...
, (1920–1989) was a Venezuelan actor and entertainer.
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Consuelo Fernández, (1797-1814) was a resistance fighter in the Venezuelan War of Independence, given the honor of "heroine"
Venezuelan War of Independence
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José Pérez Colmenares, (1914–1944) was a baseball pioneer in Venezuela and a member of the National Team that captured the Baseball World Cup in
1941 Baseball World CupVenezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum 2006 Class
(Spanish). Retrieved on October 18, 2015.
*Eduardo Escobar
Eduardo José Escobar (born January 5, 1989) is a Venezuelan professional baseball third baseman for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks a ...
, (born 1989) is a Venezuelan professional MLB
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third baseman for the New York Mets
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.
* Hernán Pérez, (born 1991) is a Venezuelan professional baseball utility player in the Atlanta Braves
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.
References
External links
Conociendo a Aragua
(Spanish) at Tour Aragua Blog Spot
Populated places in Aragua
Populated places established in 1722
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