The day I moved to the city of Caracas, 10 years ago this coming September, I realized that my new area would be the Capitol. My first impression when I came out of the subway was to see up close this palace where the national assembly functions. It is definitely an imposing architecture, with dream designs for lovers of large buildings. A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting its facilities and I have been amazed with so much beauty.
This place is in the center of the city, but it is impossible to pass, the security is extreme, in fact many times they do not allow to walk in its vicinity. Everything has happened here, from the greatest injustices that have been done in Venezuela, to seeing our main politicians physically attacking each other on national television and even the reason why I had the pleasure of entering its facilities, which was to approve July 15 as the National Day of Choral Singing. With great happiness the main musical representatives sang the National Anthem of Venezuela in those stairs in front of the famous dome that honors our flag.
Of course, in spite of the importance of the event, we did not see all the spaces of the palace, but we did enter the Protocol Hemicycle, which is the one you can see in the photograph above. I deduced that it is not the only hall with this design, since in spite of the resemblance, it is not the one I have generally seen on television for so many years, there are slight differences between this and the hemicycle of sessions. Besides, the dome is above the latter, but since they are practically the same, I felt the experience of having visited both spaces hehehe...
Even the corridors you walk through are a luxury, worthy of what it represents, which is the legislative power of Venezuela. Although as always, what caught my attention the most was the contrast with the vegetation. In the center of the palace there is a large courtyard with a beautiful fountain in the center. It has many well-kept gardens that contrast with the architecture and the blue sky, definitely an exquisite experience for lovers of buildings; I share below some photos I took so you understand what I mean:
Over the years I have been losing my taste for the little I cared about the politics of Venezuela, it is no longer worth talking about the subject, in fact I thought about it to attend this event, but besides the excitement of entering this palace that I have admired so much from outside, it was very important what was going to be done, practically choral singing has been my niche in life, and I had to be present even on behalf of my whole family, those who are and those who have gone, like my dad and my uncle Carlos, who did so much for the choral movement of Aragua. It is beautiful that now there is this day to exalt music and it is very gratifying to have been part of a historic moment for us, because that is how we have celebrated it. The best of all is that my visit did not have to coincide with any undesirable politician, whether from the right or the left 😂
These photographs were taken with my Tecno Pova II and I did not edit them so that you can fully appreciate what I have seen with my own eyes. Not everyone has the privilege of entering this place, so I share with much affection what little I was allowed to capture. The last photo left below was taken by a fellow tenor, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to photograph myself in such a famous and important post. Thank you very much for reading my post...
