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The 40-hectare Los Caobos Park is one of Caracas’ oldest urban forests. Opened in 1920 as Parque Sucre, on the lands of hacienda La Industrial, it only had a path where those going to Sabana Grande ventured. In 1937, the City Council changed its name to the current one. At that time the city had 300,000 inhabitants. In 1959, Tomás Sanabria, president of the Executive Board of the Metropolitan Parks and Gardens System, commissioned its refurbishing to Galia, who stated that «the system of parks is a recreational element both for the body and for the spirit». Galia designed a concept in harmony with both possibilities, with walkways, stairs, ramps and ponds that still remain. The design preserved the street and hydraulic guidelines that had been drafted in 1910. At the crossroads of the entrance, there are diagonals to the Guaire River, and to the main street, lined with trees, generating a three-directional structure of spaces, from the circular plaza of the museums to the green areas of Plaza Venezuela. In 1967, «Venezuela» fountain by sculptor Ernesto Maragall was moved into the park. The radial shaped fountain has five statues that symbolize Venezuela’s geographic regions: Ávila, Andes, Llanos, Orinoco and Caribbean. Years later, the park was enclosed with artistic fences and gates, designed by Miguel Acosta.
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