Distrito Capital · Venezuela Capital
In the destination Caracas and El Ávila.
In the photo: Panteón Nacional de Venezuela
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The city
Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, stretches across a valley about 900 meters high at the foot of the Ávila mountain. The colonial center revolves around Plaza Bolívar, with the Cathedral, the Libertador’s Birthplace and the Panteón Nacional. To the east are the Ciudad Universitaria de Villanueva, a World Heritage Site, the Plaza de los Museos and the neighborhoods of hotels and restaurants. The Warairarepano cable car climbs to the top of the Ávila, over 2,000 meters high.
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The local experience
The main square of Caracas since its founding in 1567, featuring Bolívar's equestrian statue from 1874 and the Cathedral, where the Liberator's parents and wife are buried. Around it are the Capilla de Santa Rosa de Lima and the Palacio Municipal.
The colonial house where Simón Bolívar was born on July 24, 1783, between the intersections of San Jacinto and Traposos. The courtyards and rooms have murals by Tito Salas depicting the life of the Liberator and family objects.
The former church of the Santísima Trinidad, converted into a pantheon in 1874, houses Simón Bolívar's bronze sarcophagus in the central nave, a ceiling painted with scenes from his life, and the tombs and cenotaphs of other figures in Venezuelan history.
The cable car that rises from the Maripérez neighborhood to the top of the Ávila, over 2,000 meters high, with views of the Caracas valley on one side and the Caribbean Sea on the other. At the top are viewpoints, the Hotel Humboldt and the path to the village of Galipán.
The green mountain range that separates Caracas from the sea, protected as a national park since 1958. Trails start at the northern edge of the city, such as the Sabas Nieves trail, and climb to peaks over 2,000 meters, like the Silla de Caracas.
The campus of the Universidad Central de Venezuela, designed by Carlos Raúl Villanueva and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, combines modern architecture and art: Alexander Calder's Clouds in the Aula Magna, stained glass by Fernand Léger and works by Vasarely, Arp and Pevsner.
The oldest art museum in Venezuela, founded in 1917, housed in two buildings by Carlos Raúl Villanueva in the Plaza de los Museos, in Los Caobos park: ancient Egyptian art, ceramics, European and Latin American painting, and a sculpture garden.
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