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00:00 The treasures of Caracas.
00:51 San José de Tarbes School in Caracas.
04:33 Classrooms of San José de Tarbes.
06:36 Chapel of the San José de Tarbes School.
10:20 Carlos Raúl Villanueva's house.
14:45 Who was Carlos Raúl Villanueva?
16:43 Carlos Raúl Villanueva offices.
19:23 Original Carlos Raúl Villanueva books.
20:35 When was the UCAB library built?
22:29 Simón Alberto Consalvi Space at UCAB.
24:33 Why is art so important?
26:02 “Piedra La Encaramada” by Régulo Pérez.
28:30 San José del Ávila School in Caracas.
30:08 Sanctuary dedicated to St. Joseph of Avila.
33:39 Rehearsals by the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra.
How long are we Venezuelans going to be boasting only of our geography, whose only merit is God? I propose you spend time delving into the work of man. In the talent of thousands of Venezuelans who have created authentic works of art throughout the national territory. How many times have you walked past them without stopping to look at them? Believe me they even deserve an ovation. Today I'm taking you to visit 4 treasures of Caracas to make you delirious with pride.
I studied third and fourth grade at the San José de Tarbes school in El Paraíso. That was in the 60s. We went to the chapel almost every day because it is a Catholic school. I NEVER knew that it was a work by the architect Carlos Guinand Sandoz, that his wife had convinced him to do it; removing it from the Parque del Este that he was building together with Burle Marx, the most renowned landscape architect in the world. Nor did I find out that the stained glass windows were the work of the greatest Italian stained glass artist of the time and that their lamps had been designed by Carlos Guinand himself and tell the story of the Tarbesian nuns who arrived from France. To me, it was no more than a chapel and what a nuisance to have to go. It is an authentic unknown jewel in the middle of Páez avenue in El Paraíso, which was the most chic urbanization in Caracas in the 40s and 50s.
A little further on, in Montalbán, the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello builds the modern and spacious building of the library and art center, right in front of the old classroom building. A bright space with lots of glass with valuable collections that are not digitized. Simón Alberto Consalvi's room, who donated his entire library and personal belongings. And magnificent works of art throughout the space, since this center of culture and knowledge must serve not only the community from UCAB, but the entire community around it.
On Los Jabillos Av. in La Florida, a jewel goes unnoticed, which is the family home of Carlos Raúl Villanueva, the architect of modernity, the genius who made the towers of El Silencio, on January 23, the Ciudad Universitaria, the hotel Maracay, the César Girón workshop… The architect who was trained in France, arrived in Caracas at the age of 28 and dedicated his entire life to working in public organizations, because he was only interested in people; to do works for the city, for its inhabitants. Never private houses, apart from his own. This is a house that is not open to the public, but his daughter Paulina - also an architect - showed it to me so that I could show it to you. Here are the principles of Villanueva's work. The light. The integration of the arts. The gardens. The always open space . It is an emotional tremor from the moment the door opens and you see the works of art, which for Villanueva was being with his friends. The Devil’s chair that Calder made for him. His office in the garden. And wait for you to see the bathroom... you have to pee.
In La Pastora, I invite you to visit the Colegio San José del Ávila, an enclosure for Benedictine monks that speaks of the peace and silence that once reigned in this parish next to Ávila. It was an orphanage for years and that is where orphaned children from the Second World War arrived. Later, it was a boarding school where the children of the women who came to work in the houses used to go to help with the daily chores. The Benedictine monks moved to Güigüe looking for peace and it became a school, but there is the beautiful chapel dedicated to St. Joseph, unique in Venezuela, with a hundred-year-old organ that works perfectly. At the end I give you a tremendous rehearsal by the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christian Vásquez and the accompaniment of our flutist Huáscar Barradas.
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