«Caracas… needs an abbot to sacrilize it, an archangel to protect it, a cardinal to put order in it, a monk to clean it, a gardener to trim it, a carpenter to varnish it, a conqueror to discover it, a discoverer to seduce it, a passion to heal its injuries, to make it tidy, sacred, beautiful, passable, virginal and possible, made of architecture”» William Niño Araque
The guide is addressed both to those who visit our city for the first time and to the people of Caracas who have lived in it throughout their lives. In addition, and very specially, it is dedicated to Caracas itself, to guide it in understanding its past and its own destiny.
Caracas is urgent of understanding and affection. Every city needs to know itself, understand what is happening to it, become aware of its innate and indestructible beauty. And Caracas needs to be protected in this process of discovering its essence, of being incited to the desire of itself and to be context of our desires.
The Architecture Guide of Caracas, shows the complexity of a city that, close to turning 450 years, forms a single unit with the Ávila and the central littoral, where different scales, geographies and landscapes converge.