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fiogf49gjkf0d CARACAS: IN THE CENTRAL QUARTER OF CAPITILIO OR THE PLAZA BOLIVAR THERE ARE THE MAIN CONCENTRATION OF HISTORIC MONUMENTS. THE CASA NATAL DE BOLIVAR, BIRTHPLACE OF SIMON BOLIVAR. THE PANTHEON WHERE SIMON BOLIVAR AND THE MAIN HEROS OF THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDANCE NOW REST. THE ROOM RESERVED FOR GRAND CEREMONIES IS ELIPTICAL AND DECORATED WITH SUPERB FRESCOS ILLUSTRATING THE BATTLE AND THE REVOLUTION. THE CATHEDRAL WHOSE CONSTRUCTION WAS STARTED SOON AFTER THE FOUNDATION OF CARACAS. IN THE PASTORA QUARTER THERE ARE STILL SOME OF THE COLONIAL HOUSES THIS AREA IS ALSO PLEASANT TO WALK IN.
INSTALLED IN A PART OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL IS THE MUSEUM CRIOLLO RAUL SANTANA WHICH RETRACES THE LIFE OF THE IN HABITANTS OF CARACAS UNTIL THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY. THE MUSEUM IS OPEN EVERY DAY EXCEPT MONDAYS. METRO STATION - CAPITOLIO. THERE IS ALSO THE MUSEUM OF ARTS. THERE ARE PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS OF THE WORKS OF THE VENEZUELAN PAINTERS AND VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS OF CONTEMPORY WORKS. OPEN EVERY DAY EXCEPT MONDAY. METRO STATION - BELLAS ARTES. LA COLONIA TOVAR; 60 KMS FROM CARACAS IS A MINITURE GERMANY IN THE MOUNTAINS. FOUNDED IN THE 19TH CENTURY BY THE IMMIGRANTS FROM THE BLACK FOREST THIS AGRICULTURAL COLONY NUMBERING 300 PEOPLE HAVE RECREATED A WAY OF LIFE IDENTICAL TO THAT OF THEIR NATIVE BAVARIA. LOS ROQUES; 150 KMS OF COAST LINE IN THE CARACAS REGION FORMS A NATIONAL PARK. THIS COASTAL PARK OFFERS 225.000 HECTARES OF ATOLLS, ROCKS AND CORAL REEFS THE HOME OF A LARGE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BIRDS. CORO; IN THE STATE OF FALCON. THIS WAS THE FIRST CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY AND MAINTAINS ARCHITECTURE WHICH IS PARTICULARLY WELL PRESERVED FROM THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY. LA SIERRA SAN LUIS; IN THE STATE OF FALCON. THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERESTING VILLAGES TO SEE IN THIS AREA WHICH IS FORMED FROM CALCAREOUS ROCK THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGES GROW SUGAR CANE IN A MANNER WHICH IS NOW CONSIDERED ARCHAIC. THERE ARE ALSO MANY UNDERGROUND RIVERS AND CAVES. CANAIMA; THE LARGEST AND MOST REKNOWNED NATIONAL PARK OF THE COUNTRY. - 3,5 MILLION HECTARES. WITHIN THE PARK THERE IS A GREAT DEAL TO SEE. GUIDES CAN BE HIRED OR MINI TOURS OF THE PARK ARRANGED.
LA SIERRA SAN LUIS; IN THE STATE OF FALCON. THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERESTING VILLAGES TO SEE IN THIS AREA WHICH IS FORMED FROM CALCAREOUS ROCK THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGES GROW SUGAR CANE IN A MANNER WHICH IS NOW CONSIDERED ARCHAIC. THERE ARE ALSO MANY UNDERGROUND RIVERS AND CAVES. CANAIMA; THE LARGEST AND MOST REKNOWNED NATIONAL PARK OF THE COUNTRY. - 3,5 MILLION HECTARES. WITHIN THE PARK THERE IS A GREAT DEAL TO SEE. GUIDES CAN BE HIRED OR MINI TOURS OF THE PARK ARRANGED.
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