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Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas

Caracas, Venezuela
Ranked #6 of 35 attractions in Caracas
4.0 of 5 stars 77 Reviews
Type: Architectural Buildings
Description: A masterpiece of the Modern Movement in architecture, created by the Venezuelan architect Carlos Raul Villanueva.
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Portsmouth, Dominica
1 review
5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 5, 2012

Among trees, sculptures and modernist architecture are in perfect harmony among big trees, manicured gardens and murals from latinamerican and europeans artists from the 50's: such as Calder, Miro, Vigas... A must see when visiting Caracas. More

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Caracas, Venezuela
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17 reviews 17 reviews
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 7, 2012

Wonderful place, great campus, wonderful works of art, great walks, unfortunately a tad run down More

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Santiago, Chile
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27 reviews 27 reviews
Reviews in 14 cities Reviews in 14 cities
13 helpful votes 13 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed March 31, 2012

I found the Ciudad Universitaria a little disappointing. Maybe my expectations were too high as I knew it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Most of the mofern art there is from the 60's and the 70's and some of it looks run down, particularily the library. More

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Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
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12 reviews 12 reviews
2 of 5 stars Reviewed March 6, 2012

It has art peaces all around, but the state of them are abandoned. More

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Puerto La Cruz
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9 reviews 9 reviews
4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 24, 2012

Amazing complex with beautiful architecture from the 50´s. Probabbly the best building is the Aula Magna where they offer musical concerts and other events. More

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Caracas, Venezuela
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15 reviews 15 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed January 31, 2012

Some people just hate intelligence and culture, and those who are able to cultivate them, so they feel like they have to cut their funds and destroy fifty-year-old mosaic floors and walls to prove that we're all equal, and no one deserves to have better stuff than the rest. Not that I'm against Communism, but this certainly isn't a "revolution".... More

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Oslo
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed December 25, 2011

The old university of Caracas is on the world heritage list of Unesco and we spend quite some time there. The old building is wonderful and you can easily feel how things was a 100 years ago. More

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Wroclaw, Poland
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66 reviews 66 reviews
Reviews in 44 cities Reviews in 44 cities
39 helpful votes 39 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed November 1, 2011

nice school patios, I love main bulding of the Universidad de los Andes More

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Caracas
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18 reviews 18 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 22, 2012 NEW
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 11, 2012
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