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Parque del Este. El Parque del Este (In English: "East Park" ), renamed as officially Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Park by Chávez since, in honor of the Venezuelan national hero, is a public recreation park located in the Sucre Municipality of Metropolitan Caracas in Venezuela. Opened in 1961, it is one of the most important of the city ...
That phonetic trait, unique in the Americas, is from the large number of northern Spanish settlers in Andean Venezuela. The Central dialect, a characteristic marked accent whose use is very common in cities like Caracas, La Guaira, Los Teques, Maracay and Valencia. This dialect is the basis of standard Spanish of Venezuela.
Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez (25 April 1914 – 20 September 2001) was a Venezuelan military and general officer of the Army of Venezuela and the dictator of Venezuela from 1950 to 1958, ruling as member of the military junta from 1950 to 1952 and as president from 1952 to 1958. He took part in the 1948 Venezuelan coup d'état, becoming ...
The Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela (in English: National Library of Venezuela ), located in Caracas, is the legal deposit and copyright for Venezuela. It was established on July 13, 1833, by decree of General José Antonio Páez. Diego Bautista Urbaneja, a Minister of Foreign Affairs, was designated as the first director.
Feria del Sol (English: Fair of The Sun ), or Carnaval Taurino de América (English: Bullfighting carnival of America ), is an international cultural festival held in the city of Mérida, Venezuela every February of the year. The Feria festival is held alongside the carnival feast. The festival includes bull competitions, cultural expositions ...
El Helicoide. / 10.4894; -66.9099. El Helicoide is a building in Caracas, Venezuela owned by the Venezuelan government and used as a facility and prison for both regular and political prisoners of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN). [1] In the shape of a three-sided pyramid, it was originally constructed as a shopping mall ...
Lara State ( Spanish: Estado Lara, IPA: [esˈtaðo ˈlaɾa]) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Lara is located in the Central-Western Region, Venezuela. The state capital is Barquisimeto. Lara State covers a total surface area of 19,800 km 2 (7,600 sq mi) and, in 2015, had a census population of 2,019,211.
The Museum of Fine Arts ( Spanish: Museo de Bellas Artes or MBA) is an art museum in Caracas, Venezuela. It was founded in 1917, and was originally housed in the building now known as the Palacio de las Academias . Its current buildings were both designed by architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, [1] a 1930s Neoclassical structure and a 1970s ...