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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.
Canaima National Park: Bolívar: 1994 701; vii, viii, ix, x (natural) The outstanding features of the national park are the tepui, table-top mountains or mesas that have been created through hundreds of millions of years of erosion. Due to isolation, the summits of the tepui are inhabited by numerous endemic animal and plant species.
Burial monuments and structures in Venezuela (2 C) Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Venezuela" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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 ...
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 ...
Paseo Los Próceres. The monument is defined by two rows of lighting poles as virtual walls. Located on the perimeter of Fort Tiuna, the largest national military complex, it articulates with the Bolivarian Military University of Venezuela, the parade courtyard, the monoliths of heroes, an oval of fountains, gardens and baroque ornaments.
The cave was designated as Venezuela's first National Monument in 1949. The National Park was created in 1975 to conserve the cave and the forest ecosystem where the oilbirds feed. The altitude of the national park is 900–2,340 m (2,950–7,680 ft). There are 367 species of bird in the national park, which has been designated an Important ...
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 ...