Tales, Legends and some interesting facts
from Coro City and the Falcon Region

Coro means "wind" in Arawak. 

The Treasure House was the place where the wealthy stored their gold and diamonds during the pirates attacks.

Paraguaná Peninsula was in past times an Island, and it was united to Venezuela through the Itsmo of LOS MEDANOS .

At the Diocese Museum can be seen an 800 year old statue of Saint Peter as well as 450 year old monstrance.

In the House of the Iron Windows, a Saint Peter Painting hides a door that takes toward a place of secret hiding place.

It is believed that Juan of Ampíes originally built a temple dedicated to Saint Clement on the same site where the The San Clement Church now is . The present structure is from the 18th century.

In 1531Coro  was declared the First Archbishopric of the Continent.

When Juan of Ampíes arrived to Coro, he was surprised how friendly welcome received by Cacique Manaure (a stranger event in the Era of the Conquest).

The "Cacique Manaure" threw all their treasures in the thermal waters of San Antonio (near the Meachiche river) in order to avoid give them to the Spaniards.

The Cathedral was used as a fortress during the pirates attacks during the 16th and 17th century .

The Jewish Cemetery of Coro, declared National Monument, is the oldest Jewish cemetery working in South America.

In 1912, some inhabitants of the Peninsula moved to Coro in search of food for the real road of Guasare and all died from thirst in the desert, hardly 10 km before the city. People tell that these souls grant favors to whom pray to them. their chapel Of Guasare.

During the federalist movement, officials built a tunnel underground that communicated the Saint Clement Plaza with the place where now the Cathedral is. This tunnel was used as a refuge and deposit of armaments as well as cemetery for people who died during this war.