Welcome to Santa 
Ana de Coro 
Falcón State, Venezuela
World Heritage City

Located towards the northwest of Venezuela, Coro was one of the first settlements in the American Continent and
the First Capital of the New created Province of Venezuela.

On July 26th, 1527, Juan de Ampíes founded this beautiful city, when Coro was still under
the domains of the "caquetíos".

It's in Coro where began to seed a personality that we called Venezuelan, a cultural stage where Spain
started to become Venezuela. Being the Capital of Venezuela,
Coro was a model for the
old cities: Tocuyo, Barquisimeto, Valencia, Caracas, Maracaibo.

Headquarters of the First Archbishopric created in South America,
was here also where began the Christianization of the Country.

Coro is historic also because here has been preserved some of the most important fossils and archaeological sites of South America.

Its cultural and religious legacy, make the City of Coro a meaningful treasure of great importance.

Foto: Edglorys Elena Marys

Besides these facts, Coro is the most important
Venezuelan city from a historical point of view.
Walking around its old stone streets, we can still see a colonial time that won't die.
Their long and meritorious past has left a group of constructions of bahareque, adobe walls from the XVI century
that distinguish Coro as the city of mud which importance rises in the world.

Coro, capital of the Falcon State, is also cradle of one of the most exotic landscapes in the whole venezuelan geography:
The Dunes of Coro that haven't stopped running and flooding the sand like a live and incessant river.

Special Acknowledgments:
To Dioni and Bebella for
providing all the bibliographic
material, support and
being the inspiration for this site.

* Photos taken by
Jose, Maribel and Alejandro

Thank you for visiting 
Coroweb.com

Photo: Edglorys Elena Marys

Coro, capital of Falcon, was the first city that settled down in the newly created Venezuela and it was its capital until 1576. A special invitation to visit the colonial district  whose houses and churches of mud are National Monuments and reflect today  our historical past. Coro is distinguished by being the only place in Venezuela declared World Cultural Heritage Site by  the UNESCO.

Photo: Alirio Puche

During your stay, don't miss  the opportunity to savor the breads,  candies and the famous milk sweet  of local goat called  "dulce de leche". Also of appreciating the works carried out in mud, replicas in miniature of the historical buildings, the dolls, the colonial  houses  as well as the works of furniture and "cestería", that offer the different crafts shops and local artisans. 
To the east, go  visit La Vela, place where for the first time our  National Tricolor Flag was hoisted for the General Francisco  of Miranda. Also, at  the port of Muaco you could take Ferrys towards the neighboring islands of Curacao and Aruba, service put into operation from the past November 1997.
To the south, visit  Meachiche, the Waterfalls of Hueque and the Falcon Mountains,  places of exceptional beauty and  for your  enjoyment.
To the north, the Park National Medanos of Coro, the mini-sahara from Venezuela, with their dunes of gold endless sand, where boys and adults could enjoy spectaculars evenings and observe a varied characteristic vegetation of this region, while the dunes change of form and are in constants  movement for the. Un wind brushed in order to reduce the thirst, and drinks in order to moisturize is advisable.
In the road that leads to the Peninsula of Paraguaná, and to the beaches of Adícora, The Supí and the Buchuaco and Tiraya, there are other places of tourist interest like Moruy, with their Colonial Church and the Hill Santa Ana with 900 meters high where can be organized excursions for tracking. 

Ermita La Trinidad
Península de Paraguaná
Foto: Larisa Valero

Coro en la Web is part of  World Heritage Information Network,
Search Engine of the World Heritage, sponsored by UNESCO
 

ORGANIZATION OF
WORLD HERITAGE CITIES

CoroWeb has been selected for its graphic quality and content by the Organization of World Heritage Sites in order to present the City of Coro,  as a city member of the World Heritage Sites.

FALCON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SEASON 2003
After just releasing his first record, the Falcon Symphony Orchestra starts its debut for the Season 2003. From a very varied repertoire from classical to traditional performances,  you will find an enjoyable and interesting program to suit your interest by these amazing musicians. Check the program, dates and venues here.

Visit the Falcon Symphony Orchestra Program
 Season 2003 

 FOSSIL DISCOVERY

For information about the fossil discovery in Urumaco, contact to the Center of Archaeology, Anthropology and Paleontology of the Francisco de Miranda University (CIAAP), they have been working for several years in the studies of fossil locations in the Urumaco area. The CIAPP headquarters are located at the Balcon de Los Arcaya, Zamora Street, Coro, Falcon.

email: ciapp@unefm.edu.ve

HOUSE OF PRAYERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF CORO

Photo: Dioni Acosta and Bebella de Acosta 

Decreed on August 03^rd, 1997 as the "House of Prayers of the Jewish Community" as a tribute to the legacy of the Jewish-Serfardi community to the Falcon Region; in this house was established, during the second half of the XIX century, the House of Prayers of the Jewish Community of Coro, the first Jewish established community in South America.

Antecedents and description of the room are presented in detail here.

 DOCTOR RAFAEL CALLES SIERRA

The Doctor Rafael Calles Sierra was born in Sabaneta, Miranda District, State Falcon, on December 9 of 1918. He  is son of the home formed by Don José María Calles Cuartín and Mrs. Concepción Sierra Calles and married the distinguished Falconiana, Lady  Luisa Honoria Rodríguez Campos, on December 22 of 1948.