The historic center of Caracas is one of the most traditional and colonial places you can find in the Venezuelan capital.Located in the heart of the city with a cool and mostly sunny climate you have many places with stories of heroes and liberators.
Let me take you a virtual tour of this wonderful place!
1 – WHEN WAS THIS PLACE FOUNDED? : IT IS SAID THAT IT WAS THE FIRST PROVINCE OF VENEZUELA
AROUND THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
2 – WHAT IS THE MOST VISITED POINT OF THE HELMET?: ONE OF THE OLDEST
BUILDINGS COULD BE SAID TO BE THE BOLIVAR THEATER THAT BEARS SEVERAL NAMES SINCE ITS CONSTRUCTION, ITS
INITIAL NAME WAS ‘CINE PRINCESA’, IT IS RECORDED SINCE 1917, IT HAS BEEN REMODELED MANY TIMES, IT IS CURRENTLY A KIND OF INTEGRAL SPACE
WHERE FILM INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS OLD CAMERAS AND ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE OLD AND
FAMOUS CARACAS CINEMA ARE EXPOSED,
IT IS A WONDERFUL THEATER
FULL OF HISTORY.
3 – IMPORTANT POINTS THAT WE MUST KNOW WHEN VISITING THIS HISTORIC CENTER:
- PLAZA BOLÍVAR: A SQUARE WITH BENCHES TO REST, FULL OF TREES THAT PROVIDE SHADE AND MAKE THIS PLACE A MEETING POINT FOR PEOPLE, SYMBOLIC FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL STATUE OF OUR LIBERATOR SIMÓN BOLÍVAR MOUNTED ON HIS HORSE ICONICALLY, IS THE HISTORICAL HEART OF THE ENTIRE TOUR.
- TEATRO BOLÍVAR: CURRENTLY AS A THEATER AND FORMERLY AS A CINEMA, THIS PLACE ACCORDING TO OLDER PEOPLE WHO LISTENED TO STORIES OF THEIR GRANDPARENTS, WAS A PLACE FOR THE UPPER CLASS OF CARACAS AND FOREIGNERS WHO ARRIVED AND FASCINATED WITH THE STRUCTURE SO SIMILAR TO NEW YORK THEATERS.
- YELLOW HOUSE: JUST AS ITS NAME, CHARACTERIZED BY ITS YELLOW COLOR, NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE, WAS FORMERLY THE HOME OF PRESIDENTS SINCE THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, IT WAS ALSO HOME TO THE ROYAL PRISON OF CARACAS.
- METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL OF SANTA ANA: IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST TEMPLES IN THE CITY, IN FACT IT WAS THE SEAT OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CARACAS, IT WAS BUILT IN 1665 BUT HAD REMODELING AS A RESULT OF THE EARTHQUAKES THAT OCCURRED. ITS STREETS AROUND ARE MADE OF STONE, CURRENTLY IT ALSO OFFERS SQUARES WITH BENCHES TO REST AND PLACES TO RERESCARTE AS BARS AND RESTAURANTS
- BIRTHPLACE OF SIMÓN BOLÍVAR: BUILT IN 1643, IT HAS ABOUT 14 ROOMS, IN THIS HOUSE SIMÓN BOLÍVAR GREW, THE BOLÍVAR FAMILY VACATED THIS HOUSE IN 1792 FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THE LIBERATOR AND THEN IT WAS ACQUIRED IN 1806 BY JUAN DE LA MADRIZ FAMILY OF LOS BOLÍVAR, CURRENTLY WORKS AS A MUSEUM, STILL PRESERVES PERSONAL OBJECTS OF THE FAMILY AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, A TRUE EXPERIENCE FULL OF HISTORY. ALSO OUTSIDE THE HISTORICAL SITES, THIS PART OF THE CITY IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR THE WIDE MARKET OF PRODUCTS FOR PARTIES, THERE ARE MANY PLACES TO HAVE A GOOD COFFEE, A GOOD DRINK AND EVEN ENJOY BOOKSTORES / COFFEE AND NIGHTCLUBS.