Buildings that outline the city profile

On the occasion of the 445th anniversary of Caracas, El Universal makes a balance of the buildings that compose the city architectonic heritage and changed its nature in the past 60 years

Aula Magna: “This is Caracas’ heart, the most admired thing in the world we have, the most gorgeous…” Hannia Gómez, the president of NGO Fundamemoria, spares no superlatives to refer to the main auditorium (2,700 seats) of the Campus of the Central University of Venezuela, inaugurated inn December 1953 after 15 months of construction.

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EL UNIVERSAL

Wednesday July 25, 2012 10:03 AM

The capital city of Venezuela, turning 445 years on Wednesday, July 25, can be recognized by some buildings that with the passage of time have shaped its identity.

The few remains of the colonial architecture were demolished in the light of windfall oil profits and after the death of General Juan Vicente Gómez, who ruled the country for 30 years.

A construction boom followed, turning the city in a trunk of architectonic treasures of the "modern" era, the boost of which went into the early eighties.

Translated by Conchita Delgado

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