page_title: Valencia, Carabobo
section_title: Art centers
hierarchical_section_title: Valencia, Carabobo / Sites of interest / Art centers
caption_attribution_description: English: Valencia's atheneum, venezuela Español: Ateneo de Valencia, Venezuela.
context_page_description: Valencia is the capital city of Carabobo State and the third-largest city in Venezuela.
  The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies. The population of Valencia and the nearby metropolitan area reached 1,827,165 in 2010, and it is expected to grow dramatically in the years to come. It is also the largest city in the Valencia-Maracay metropolitan region, which with a population of about 4.5 million is the country's second largest after that of Caracas. Caracas lies some 172 kilometres away to the east.
context_section_description: Valencia Atheneum: a cultural centre where concerts and art exhibitions regularly take place.
  Municipal Theater of Valencia: It is the main theatre of Carabobo. It was finished in 1895 following the architecture of French theatres of the time.
  Theater Dr. Alfredo Celis Perez: It is the main amphitheater of the University of Carabobo. A much larger events facility called Aula Magna is currently under construction.
caption: Atheneum of Valencia
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