Brief visit and the architecture of the historic center of Valencia
Hello everyone in this community of creatives, lately I have been giving my humble vote and reading multiple interesting posts, and what incredible feedback is being given. Today I will introduce you through some photographs made by me of:
The historic center of the city of Valencia
The city of Valencia is a municipality of the Carabobo state, Venezuela. In its historic center it was the beginning of the city in the time of the Spanish colony, with the urban 100x100 plots and the buildings of social control, currently institutional. The old town is currently heritage as a historical and tourist tour of the city, maintaining the typology of neocolonial architecture.
The preservation of history becomes essential, the old town is currently a symbiosis of conserved works and large more contemporary office buildings and although works have been lost due to modernization or spontaneous construction, remodeling has also been carried out to keep the original style. A few years ago, for example, the remodeling of the cathedral church (the one you see in the photo) was completed, directed by the architect historian Sara De Atienzar and her daughter Patricia Atienzar. When they were finishing I had a guided tour of them this work, they were professors at my university. As a curious fact, among learning the techniques to cover the adobe of the walls of the cathedral, in the courtyard it was discovered when making an underground tank that was previously the cemetery of the city since bones from the year 1500 were obtained approximately.
In another photo you will see a statue, on a classic pillar, this is located in the center of Plaza Bolivar, previously called Plaza Mayor. Then you will see another photo of an institutional building in the state and a zoom that I did to better see all the ornate work. And these are all the works that I bring you today so as not to make this post too long.
It should be noted that currently there are projects and proposals to continue developing the city, but the issue of the crisis, the inept socialist politicians are not interested in these kinds of issues, unfortunately my country suffers a regression in all branches of the lifetime. Greetings and thanks for reading.
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Good afternoon friend @feiderman Thank you for introducing us to the Cathedral of Valencia. I confess that I do not know her internally. I do not remember having entered, but I do remember its facade. This type of religious architecture keeps a lot of history, a pity that, as you point out, the inept and indolent socialist obscurantists do not give it the historical value, much less religious, that these structures have. My respect to you. Greetings and infinite blessings.
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Conservation efforts for historical buildings and similar heritage landmarks require the collaborative efforts of the government and private sectors. With the current pandemic, I can understand why these preservation activities have been set aside to prioritize more important matters like health and safety. Nevertheless, thank you for highlighting the historic center of the city of Valencia in your post! That place definitely looks beautiful, especially in the way you've captured their photographic memories!
Just curious, @feiderman, what were the best lessons you've learned from your university professors - the architect historian Sara De Atienzar and her daughter Patricia Atienzar?
It is like that, but my country has been freezing since 2014, now because of the pandemic it is much more. How is it in your country ? I think what I learned was through experiences how to make history palpable in current architecture
Our country has also been badly hit by the pandemic! All sectors are currently suffering as we’re trying our best to stay afloat and survive the crisis. Let’s hope and pray that all of these challenges would soon pass.
That is wonderfully constructed and stands as great example of Spanish Neo- colonial Architecture. Great post, Have a nice weekend :)
The story is interesting, thank you very much for appreciation
Wow ☺️ interesting
Thanks! 😁