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World Heritage Sites; Site Image Location () Year listed UNESCO data Description Coro and its Port† : Falcón: 1993 658; iv, v (cultural) Founded in 1527 by the Spanish as one of the first colonial settlements in the region, the city of Coro and its port, La Vela, have preserved their urban layout and numerous historical buildings.
Plaza Bolívar is the focus of the old town with the monument to El Libertador, Simón Bolívar, at its heart. Modern high-rise buildings have overpowered much of the colonial flavor of Caracas' founding neighbourhood. Plaza Venezuela is the geographic center of Caracas. It is a large urban plaza at the entrance of the Central University of ...
Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Venezuela" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Historic sites in Venezuela" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Monuments and memorials in Venezuela (1 C, 17 P) T. Towers in Venezuela (4 C) Pages in category "Landmarks in Venezuela" The following 2 pages are in this category ...
The National Pantheon of Venezuela (Panteón Nacional de Venezuela) is a final resting place for national heroes.The Pantheon (Latin Pantheon, [1] from Greek Pantheon, meaning "Temple of all the Gods") was created in the 1870s on the site of the ruined Santísima Trinidad church from 1744 on the northern edge of the old town of Caracas, Venezuela.
The construction of the monument began as an idea of First Lady of Venezuela Betty Urdaneta de Herrera Campins, who was from Trujillo, and the state governor Dora Maldonado de Falcón. On 21 December 1983, during the bicentennial year of the birth of Simón Bolívar , the Monumento a la Virgin de la Paz was inaugurated, with the liturgical ...
The Plaza Bolívar of Maracay, Aragua state, surpasses it in size, being the biggest in Venezuela and Latin America. After independence, the square was called Plaza de Armas (Arms Square) and Plaza del Mercado (Market Square), but when the body of Simón Bolívar arrived in Caracas from Santa Marta , it was formally named Plaza Bolívar in 1842.