Tiwy.com - Venezuela: Photos of Ciudad Bolivar

Countries > Venezuela > Ciudad Bolivar >

Down the roads of Venezuela: Ciudad Bolivar

Tiwy.com (December 2004)

From 18 to 20 century Cuidad Bolivar was one of the four main international ports of Venezuela. The primary name of the city was Santo Tomas de la Guayana de Angostura. It was shortnamed to Antogostura and in May of 1846 in honour of Libertador it was renamed into Cuidad Bolivar.

And it goes without saying: the city used to be a temporary capital of Venezuela and a support base for the army of Simon Bolivar. The historic centre of the city – all 77 districts – has remained nearly the one it was in the times of the Bolivar liberation epopee.

You can always have tasty meals in the Eastern highway.

All roads lead to Ciuidad Bolivar.

The bridge Angostura over the river Orinoco was built in 1967 and at that time was ‘the wonder of engineering’ in Latin America: it is 1678 metres long, the two steel bottom towers are 119 metres height, there are four traffic channels.

There is a unique monument in the airport of Cuidad Bolivar erected in honour to the man who discovered one of the sights of Venezuela – the Angel waterfalls. It is a plane of American pilot Jimmi Crowford Angel that he was piloting all over Venezuela in the 30s of the last to earn his leaving.