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Photo: Sergio Gonzalez, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
This fortification was meant to serve as a replacement for San Antonio de la Eminencia Castle, which was seen to have defense limitations, and to serve as a viceroyalty residence, but it was wracked by a severe earthquake in 1684 and then decimated by another in 1929.
Santa María de la Cabeza castle is a colonial castle built in the seventeenth century by the Spanish monarchy in the center of the city of Cumaná, Venezuela. It was built as a replacement for the San Antonio de la Eminencia castle. Its construction was ordered by Sancho Fernando de Angulo y Sandoval, governor of the Province of Cumaná. The building was designed using the trace italienne style popular during the seventeenth century, with a proportional geometric floor design. Bastions were used as the main defensive elements. The castle housed a garrison of 250 soldiers, and was the seat of government for the province of Cumaná.
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The oldest cathedral in Cumaná, restored in 1853. External blue hue is like that of a baby bird egg.
A place of historic significance to Cumana and its Catholic heritage.
Old Spanish fort, with a small museum and dungeon. Try to be a little careful due to the insecurity of the area.
Cumaná's compulsory Bolivar statue and plaza, with the state capital building sitting adjacent.
Birthplace/home of a famous poet from Cumaná.
Little artistic odds and ends here.