The grandest and best-restored colonial structure in town is the coral-rock Castillo de San Antonio de la Eminencia, with good views over the city and coastline from a hill just southeast of the center. Constructed in 1659 on a four-pointed-star plan, it has survived repeated pirate attacks and destructive earthquakes.
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Casa Ramos Sucre is dedicated to a local poet, José Antonio Ramos Sucre, born here in 1890. Sucre’s poetry was well ahead of his time, and it was only in…
Museo Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho
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The Museo Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho is dedicated to the Cumaná-born hero of the War of Independence, General Antonio José de Sucre (1795–1830), who…
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Cumaná
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Next to Castillo de San Antonio is this small, concrete Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Cumaná. It stages changing exhibits of modern art, and is only open…
Museo de Arqueología e Historia del Estado Sucre
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Next door to the Casa Ramos Sucre, the Museo de Arqueología e Historia del Estado Sucre has a small archaeological collection, though it was closed for…
Casa Natal de Andrés Eloy Blanco
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The Casa Natal de Andrés Eloy Blanco is a historic house where one of Venezuela’s most extraordinary poets was born in 1896.
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1. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Cumaná
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Next to Castillo de San Antonio is this small, concrete Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Cumaná. It stages changing exhibits of modern art, and is only open…
2. Casa Natal de Andrés Eloy Blanco
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The Casa Natal de Andrés Eloy Blanco is a historic house where one of Venezuela’s most extraordinary poets was born in 1896.
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Casa Ramos Sucre is dedicated to a local poet, José Antonio Ramos Sucre, born here in 1890. Sucre’s poetry was well ahead of his time, and it was only in…
4. Museo de Arqueología e Historia del Estado Sucre
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Next door to the Casa Ramos Sucre, the Museo de Arqueología e Historia del Estado Sucre has a small archaeological collection, though it was closed for…
5. Museo Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho
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The Museo Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho is dedicated to the Cumaná-born hero of the War of Independence, General Antonio José de Sucre (1795–1830), who…