Other Locations in Venezuela
Includes Barinas, Maracay and San Cristóbal


Orgaje I
Carved in mahogany wood, this artwork by Zulian artist Carlos Romero, “Orgage” (a made-up word with “organic” and “geometric”), uses rounded shapes as an expression of natural life and geometric patterns to portray the analytical side of human beings.




Mérida
Located in the Andes mountains, Mérida is one of the oldest cities in Venezuela, founded in 1558. It has the first university in the country and abundant public bronze statuary. Local heritage is currently at risk due to an increase of metal thefts.

Monumento de Tulio Gonzalo Salas
Monument to Tulio Gonzalo Salas (1977) by the sculptor Manuel de la Fuente Muñoz, located in the El Rincón de los Poetas park in the city of Mérida, Venezuela. Photographic record made in Mérida, Venezuela by Marinela Araque Rivero and Samuel Leonardo Hurtado…

Monumento a José Antonio Páez (Plaza Páez, Barinas) (High Resolution)
This bronze sculpture was created by an unknown artist as a replacement for the previous sculpture made of marble, by the Italian sculptor Emilio Gariboldi. The original bust was commissioned to Gariboldi in 1925 for a town square in Barinas City to commemorate…

Monumento a José Antonio Páez (Plaza Páez, Barinas)
This bronze sculpture was created by an unknown artist as a replacement for the previous sculpture made of marble, by the Italian sculptor Emilio Gariboldi. The original bust was commissioned to Gariboldi in 1925 for a town square in Barinas City to commemorate…