Caracas walking tour
Going up the hill to the Parque Ezequiel Zamora from where there are views across the city.
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Looking back down Avienda Bolivar, the main east - west thoroughfare through the city between the two towers.
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The dome in middle distance is a shopping mall used as a prison for opponents and suspected dissidents.
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A distinctive French influence in this arch
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A statue of Simon Bolivar.
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A giant mural of Simon Bolivar.
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A colonial building in a quiet square.
The mausoleum of Hugo Chavez.
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The house where Simon Bolivar was born.
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The Natioanl Art Museum.
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A black squirrel.
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The National Pantheon where many famous Brazilians are buried.
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The monument to record 200 years of independence.
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The tallest building in Caracas ans in South America when it was built.
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The Teatro Teresa Crreno, named after a famous musician.
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The cathedral.
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A modern piece of art behinf the Pantheon.
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Hugo Chavez's eyes, repeated across the city as if Big Brother is watching you.
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The parliament building built 1876.
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Part of the communist wall, several murals of fellow socialist countries espcially Cuba, but Russia and Iran also get a mention.
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The incomplete David Building...
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...and another view of it.
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The Natioanl Art Museum.
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The tallest building in Caracas ans in South America when it was built.
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The Teatro Teresa Crreno, named after a famous musician.
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Part of the communist wall, several murals of fellow socialist countries espcially Cuba, but Russia and Iran also get a mention.
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Edificio Zingg, the oldest mall in Caracas built 1953 and containing the first escalator in South America.
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...and another view of it.
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The clock tower at the university...
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the main plaza of the university and now a UNESCO site since 2000.
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