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On his return to Europe, Humboldt made Las Trincheras known to science. He had recorded the temperature of the water as 90.3 °C (194.5 °F). There was no evidence of vulcanism in the area to explain what was heating the water. The work of
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in the 1880s. A station was opened at Las Trincheras, but the railway closed in the 1950s as road transport became more important in Venezuela.
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helped Humboldt to develop the idea that the springs obtained their heat from very deep groundwater circulation.
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was wounded in the battle which was won by the Independentist forces. The Spanish retreated to their base at
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The name Trincheras (Spanish for "trenches") is said to derive from fortifications constructed in the
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Las Trincheras is also noted for a battle which took place in October 1813 during the
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In the 21st century a new railway is being built connecting Puerto Cabello to
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Sociedad Divulgadora de la Historia Militar de Venezuela.
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in Spanish) was given a boost by the arrival of the
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Humboldt, Arago, and the temperature of groundwater
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The spa at Las Trincheras
Las Trincheras is located in Venezuela
10°18′N 68°04′W / 10.300°N 68.067°W / 10.300; -68.067
Country
Venezuela
State
Carabobo
Municipality
Naguanagua Municipality
Time zone
UTC−4
VST
Valencia
Aguas Calientes River
colonial era
Alexander von Humboldt
expedition to the American tropics
François Arago
geothermal gradient
Venezuelan War of Independence
Juan Domingo de Monteverde
Puerto Cabello
balneario
Puerto Cabello and Valencia Railway
La Encrucijada
Aragua
Bárbula Tunnel


"Batalla de las Trincheras"

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