Photos and experiences of the Renovated and Colonial "Casacoima" in Guanare - Venezuela/Fotos y vivencias de la Renovada y Colonial "Casacoima" en Guanare - Venezuela

"The memory of our people is the only thing we have to understand our own history in three times (Past, present and future)" These images were taken by me, with a little excess lighting, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 , in the afternoon, on Carrera 3 on the outskirts and inside the renovated "Casacoima" building in Guanare - Venezuela, with the camera of my Samsung Galaxy A10 cell phone, Without further ado, let's begin

Casacoima is a large colonial style house; emblem of the history of my municipality. In the 18th century, it functioned as the real tobacco tobacconist (a kind of agricultural bank). Money was kept here (types of piggy banks or huge safes made of mahogany wood) and items or consumer products (agricultural, manufactured, among others)
At the time of Independence in the year 1813, Simón Bolívar, in the middle of the Admirable Campaign, on his journey and by force; He seized money and fabrics that served as economic support for the war.

With the passage of time, it was a prison for royalists, it belonged to families of ancestry and it was even the official residence of governors in the time of Juan Vicente Gómez (1908 - 1935). Then it was abandoned for years, it had its later recovery to be the first headquarters of the Portuguesa Regional Theater Company, until it was currently taken over by Corportur. Needless to say, the historical and cultural moments that Casacoima represents in our national, regional and municipal heritage...

Climbing the mahogany stairs, which are the original ones and are as old or older than Casacoima itself, it is incredible that they still support the footsteps of visitors and tourists.

At the top, we can see paintings, sculptures and works of art by renowned Portuguese artists such as: Belén Girard or Pastor García, whose works excite those who observe them.

One feels the tranquility and the breeze thanks to the palms that we find on these balconies. One can feel in the past, transported to that environment typical of the colony, although some say that sometimes supernatural presences of those characters who lived here are heard or felt, perhaps it is a bit of an urban legend, quite the contrary; It should be noted that Casacoima is a point of history and a meeting point with our colonial past, and is part of the famous "Colonial Walk" or "Historical Center of the city" that includes a series of buildings that still remain over time as witnesses of so many important events that we must keep in mind and that we will also talk about in future publications... Until next time. God bless you...