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Cerro El Ávila (El Ávila mountain) (Indigenous name: Waraira Repano), is a mountain bordering Caracas. It rises next to Caracas, separating the city from the Caribbean Sea. The area's highest elevation is Pico Naiguatá, at 2,765 metres (9,072 ft) above sea level. It is considered the lungs of Caracas due to the amount of vegetation on the ...
It was inaugurated in 1940 and is situated in the geographic center of Caracas. Its place for many landmarks of Caracas, including a fountain with lights, the Christopher Columbus monument of Manuel de la Cova , the Fisicromía tribute to Andrés Bello of Carlos Cruz-Diez and the Open Solar sculpture of Alejandro Otero .
The House of the Cabildo was the location of the protests of 19 April 1810, when canon José Cortés de Madariaga stood on its balconies and signalled the people of Caracas to disavow Captain General Vicente Emparan, in what is known as the first step to Venezuelan Independence. This event was recorded in contemporary writings, with the ...
It place for one of the most important collections of ancient trees of Caracas. At the entrance of the park is the statue of Teresa de la Parra, by the sculptor Carmen Cecilia Knight Blanch. [2] One of the most outstanding works of the park is the Fountain Venezuela by the Catalan architect Ernesto Maragall. The fountain is composed of various ...
Correo de Carmelitas (Carmelites Post Office) is a colonial building in Caracas, Venezuela, located in the historic center of the city on the corner of Avenida Urdaneta and Carmelitas street. It is located in the Cathedral Parish of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality .
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France Square. France Square (Plaza Francia in Spanish), also known as "Plaza Altamira", is a public space located in Altamira, east Caracas.It was built at the beginning of the 1940s and opened on August 11, 1945, with the original name of "Plaza Altamira".
In the Avenida Bolívar public area are the Children's Museum of Caracas, the Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex, the Hotel Venetur Alba Caracas, the National Art Gallery, the Parque Central Complex, the Sector El Conde, the Bellas Artes locale, the La Hoyada Market, the Centro Simón Bolívar Towers and the Palacio de Justicia de Caracas and its ...