Caracas Cathedral

The Caracas Cathedral or Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Anne is the seat of the Roman Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese of Caracas, located on the Plaza Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela. Its chapel of the Holy Trinity is the burial site of the parents and wife of Simón Bolívar. The Nuestra Senora de Venezuela y Santa Ana is a square (cuadra) situated between the cathedral and the central plaza, which is walled on three sides, but open to the east where it faces the cathedral.

Caracas Cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana de Santa Ana
Caracas Cathedral
10.5062°N 66.9140°W / 10.5062; -66.9140
LocationCaracas
CountryVenezuela
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitewww.arquidiocesisdecaracas.com
History
StatusCathedral
Founded1666
DedicationSaint Anne
Architecture
Functional statusActive
StyleRomanesque
Clergy
ArchbishopCardinal Jorge Urosa Savino
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