jueves, 5 de abril de 2012

Plaza las Tres Gracias



Plaza Las Tres Gracias is a public space in Caracas, Venezuela situated at San Pedro's Libertador Municipality.

The square is located on Paseo Los Ilustres, which is part of the Urban System of the Nationality, just opposite the university city campus of a major houses of higher education in this country, the Central University of Venezuela. The Plaza Las Tres Gracias was inaugurated in 1957 by the government of Marcos Perez Jimenez.

It was named after goddesses or Three Graces Thalia, Aglaia and Euphrosyne that according to Greek mythology represented the comedy, intelligence and joy and were daughters of Zeus and Eurynome. On October 17, 1999 the square is reopened after months of work, the statues were restored by the Italian sculptor Pietro Ceccaelli.

Around the square there is the subway station in Caracas, Ciudad Universitaria.





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