page_title: Carlos Raúl Villanueva
section_title: 1930s
hierarchical_section_title: Carlos Raúl Villanueva / Works / 1930s
caption_attribution_description: English: Interior courtyard garden of the National Art Gallery of Caracas (Venezuela). Català: Jardí interior de la Galeria d'Art Nacional de Caracas (Venezuela).
context_page_description: Carlos Raúl Villanueva Astoul was a Venezuelan Modernist architect. Villanueva went for the first time to Venezuela when he was 28 years old. He was involved in the development and modernization of Caracas, Maracay and other cities across the country. Among his works are El Silencio Redevelopment which included 7797 apartments and 207 shop premises and the Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the Central University of Venezuela. The Campus was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the year 2000.
context_section_description: Sports Club (Maracay, 1930)
  Plaza Bolívar (Maracay, 1930–1935)
  "La Maestranza" Bullring (Maracay, 1931–1932)
  Bolivarian Museum (Caracas, 1931)
  Mental Hospital (Caracas, 1931–1933)
  Plaza Carabobo (Caracas, 1934)
  Museum of Fine Arts (Caracas, 1935–1938)
  Museum of Natural Sciences (Caracas, 1934–1935)
  Venezuelan Pavilion at the Paris Exposition (Paris, France, 1937 - Demolished)
  Plaza Simón Bolívar (Valparaíso, Chile, 1938)
  Los Rosales and El Prado Residential States (Caracas, 1938–1940)
  Gran Colombia School (Caracas, 1939–1942); (currently the Francisco Pimentel School).
caption: Museum of Fine Arts
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