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The site, an old coffee plantation built by Captain Juan Sánchez Morgado, is located next to the Ávila, between Gamboa and Cotiza creeks, near Anauco river. This holiday retreat on the outskirts of Caracas, outside of the perimeter of the 25 founding city blocks, belonged to Luis Garcia Espinoza in 1792. The colonial house, whose main activity was raising cattle, was founded next to an old flour mill, with open corridors on three façades, a courtyard and a central garden that preserves the spirit of the time. With an area of about 746 m2 on one floor, Anauco Arriba is set on several terraces, taking advantage of the slopes. Access is through an external corridor to the south and another corridor on the west courtyard side. The bedrooms were on the north side, linked to the outdoors by windows with ledges. Built with the traditional system of jointed rafters (originally wild cane and clay tiles) and load-bearing walls of mud and adobe, the house has austere decorative elements: polychrome paint on the baseboards of the main bedrooms; arabesque iron railings on the main door and inner corridors. Anauco Arriba is a scarce and valuable sample of civil domestic colonial architecture that still retains the spirit of the time.
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