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San Esteban National Park

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Governing body
  
INPARQUES

Phone
  
+58 241-8590530

Area
  
445 km²

Established
  
January 14, 1987

San Esteban National Park

Nearest city
  
Maracay, Puerto Cabello and Valencia

Address
  
El Cambur, Carabobo, Venezuela

Similar
  
Fortin Solano, Posada Santa Margarita, Isla Larga, Hotel Cumboto, Henri Pittier National

The San Esteban National Park (in Spanish Parque Nacional San Esteban) is located in Carabobo, Venezuela.

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The park lies on the Northeastern part of Carabobo and it links with the Henri Pittier National Park of Aragua.

Both are natural reservation areas. The park was created in 1987 and it is 445 square kilometres. It lies in the municipalities of Guacara, Naguanagua, Puerto Cabello and San Diego.

Attractions

The park includes Solano Castle at Puerto Cabello. It also protects other historical areas including the Parque Arqueológico Piedra Pintada located in the area of Tronconero, Vigirima, where are petroglyphs made by pre-Colonial Indians, as well as The Way of the Spanish, a path between Puerto Cabello and Valencia, and its arched bridge; the town of San Esteban, home of national hero Bartolomé Salom, and the Indian Salt Way between Patanemo and Guacara.

Historical places

  • Castle of Solano
  • Village of San Esteban
  • Ecomuseum Villa Vincencio
  • The house of General Bartolomé Salom
  • The old colonial road or 'Road of the Spaniards' that used to link Valencia with Puerto Cabello
  • The bridge of Paso Hondo on the San Esteban river
  • The Indian Road of the Salt between Patanemo and Guacara
  • The Hacienda Quinta Pimentel
  • The thermal baths and spa centre of Las Trincheras
  • Petroglyphs of Vigirima, also known as Tronconero's Painted Stone
  • References

    San Esteban National Park Wikipedia