Museo Urdaneta

Venezuela


A short walk north from the center is this museum, which is dedicated to Maracaibo-born General Rafael Urdaneta, the city’s greatest independence hero. Built on the site of Urdaneta’s birth, it features a collection of objects, documents, paintings and other memorabilia related to the general and the events of the period.


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