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San Esteban National Park

National park in Venezuela

Summary

National park in Venezuela

Field	Value
name	San Esteban National Park
iucn_category	II
photo_caption	Solano Castle at Puerto Cabello
map	Venezuela	relief = 1
map_caption	Location of San Esteban National Park
map_width	250
nearest_city	Maracay, Puerto Cabello and Valencia
coordinates
area	445 km²
established	14 January 1987
governing_body	INPARQUES

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

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

Fauna

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