Birthplace of Simón Bolívar
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The Birthplace of Simón Bolívar (Spanish: Casa Natal del Libertador Simón Bolívar) is a seventeenth-century house in the Venezuelan capital city Caracas where the hero of Venezuelan and Latin American independence, Simón Bolívar, was born. Now a significant tourist attraction, the building is located in a little street off the Plaza San Jacinto, a block east of the Plaza Bolívar.[1][2] It is one of only a few houses from the colonial era which survive in central Caracas.
Birthplace of Simón Bolívar | |
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Casa Natal del Libertador Simón Bolívar | |
General information | |
Architectural style | Spanish Colonial |
Location | Caracas, Venezuela |
Country | Venezuela |
Coordinates | 10°29′43″N 66°55′1″W |
Completed | 1643 |
Inaugurated | 5 January 1921 |
Renovated | 1920 |
Client | Venezuelan government |
Website | |
http://casa-natal-del-libertador.webnode.com.ve/ |
One of the adjacent buildings serves as a Bolivarian museum (museo bolivariano).[3] The birthplace and museum together present memorabilia connected with Bolivar and the Venezuelan War of Independence, along with weapons and furniture of that period.