National Pantheon of Venezuela
The National Pantheon of Venezuela is a final resting place for national heroes.
The Pantheon was created in the 1870s on the site of the ruined Santísima Trinidad church from 1744 on the northern edge of the old town of Caracas, Venezuela.
National Pantheon of Venezuela
Santísima Trinidad Church, 1874
Old facade of the National Pantheon, 1912
Panteón Nacional de Venezuela
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator of America.
Miniature portrait of Bolívar in 1800
Wedding of Bolívar and del Toro as painted by Tito Salas, 1921
Portrait of Francisco de Miranda by Martín Tovar y Tovar
Portrait of Santiago Mariño by Martín Tovar y Tovar