Campo Alegre is a residential neighborhood located in the
Chacao municipality of
Caracas,
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. This district holds the hote
Embassy Suites by Hilton and the most exclusive party room of the city, the "Quinta Esmeralda", meeting point of the Venezuelan upper-class families.
This neighborhood has on average the highest priced real estate in the country and holds as well the embassy of the Republic of Colombia and Portugal.
Campo Alegre borders the Caracas Country Club to the north and west,
La Castellana to the east, and
El Rosal to the south. It has an estimated area of 32.5 hectares (0.32
square kilometers).
History
In 1932 was born the project of "Campo Alegre", which the architect Manuel Mujica Millán named: "Plane of Garden city, Campo Alegre" (originally "Plano de la Ciudad-Jardín de Campo Alegre"). There we'll see a big number of tree-lined avenues crossing each other between squares from which people can see modern country houses, neo-colonials neo-baroques, Néobasques... In spite of the 'urbicide' that has invaded Caracas in the late 20th century, Campo Alegre still keeps a little of the Garden City that Manuel Mujica initially designed.
See also
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Altamira (Caracas)
Altamira is a neighborhood located in the Chacao municipality of Caracas, Venezuela. It has its own Metro Station, many hotels and restaurants, and it is an important business and residential center of the city. It is also an important tourist d ...
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El Rosal
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Caracas
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Chacao Municipality
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Miranda State
Miranda State ( es, link=no, Estado Miranda, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela and the second most populous after Zulia State. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,675,165 residents. It also has the greatest Human Development Inde ...
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Neighbourhoods of Caracas