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Veintitrés de Enero, Caracas — Area Guide & Where to Stay
A date names this parish. Veintitrés de Enero recalls 1958, and it lies west of the centre of Caracas near Miraflores Palace.
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Miraflores Palace fixes the reference point. Rooms taken in Veintitrés de Enero put the Museo Histórico Militar and the Jacobo Borges Museum inside a walk, and the rest of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality opens out around them on the western side of Caracas. The iglesia de San Juan Bautista marks the parish.
Choose it if a stay close to those four sites matters more to you than a central address.
About Veintitrés de Enero
What are the main landmarks in Veintitrés de Enero?
Four sites carry the parish. Miraflores Palace stands within Veintitrés de Enero, and the Museo Histórico Militar lies close by, so one walk can take in the palace and a military collection without crossing out of this corner of Caracas. Then the parish turns to art.
The Jacobo Borges Museum carries a personal name, while the iglesia de San Juan Bautista holds the parish's church dedication.
What is the history of Veintitrés de Enero?
The name is a date. Veintitrés de Enero draws it from 1958, when a coup d'état overthrew Marcos Pérez Jiménez, and the parish has carried that date since as its designation inside the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality of Caracas. Miraflores Palace stands here.
The Museo Histórico Militar holds a military collection on the same ground, and the Jacobo Borges Museum stands within the parish as well.
Where is Veintitrés de Enero?
Caracas surrounds it. Veintitrés de Enero falls inside the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality, west of the middle of Caracas, where the iglesia de San Juan Bautista stands.
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Updated September 2026