The beautiful Metropolitan Cathedral of Caracas

I continue to share a series of structures which I was able to photograph in the city of Caracas on a trip I made less than a month ago. This time it is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Caracas, located in front of Bolivar square between South and East avenues. One of the great challenges of photographing churches or religious sites is that they are usually closed during the day except for Sundays, and not all of them allow you to take pictures inside the building, but fortunately for me, even though it was a weekday and it was early in the morning, the cathedral was open and there was no restriction to take pictures, although obviously I tried not to be so obvious.

So, next, you will see images of the outside of the cathedral, I must admit that I expected it to be bigger and more majestic since it is the capital of the country, but it is not so small either. I could notice that it is in perfect state of maintenance, in fact, it looked like it was painted a short time ago, but I could also notice that the lower part of the building has dirty marks produced by the same people who lie on the walls. I like the contrast generated between the white and the gray details.

One of the things I liked the most was the clock tower, which is quite typical in this type of structures, it is the tallest element of the building and has a bell which I could notice that it is working and I must say that whenever I hear this type of bells a strange feeling is generated in me, I do not know why.

The lower part of the structure is perhaps the simplest, on the side you can notice a couple of doors and a significant number of windows in the form of arches. It caught my attention that the main entrance (which is at the front), has only one door, I have seen other simpler cathedrals with more doors as the main entrance, however, it seems to be enough considering the size of the building.

Now let's take a look at the interiors of the cathedral. I want to highlight the large number of columns and arches, I think they are the most prevalent elements from an architectural point of view. Also striking are the chandeliers which are perfectly distributed and fully operational, this generates a very intimate and mysterious atmosphere.

The rest of the interior is quite typical for churches of this size, with stained glass windows and religious monuments that appear to be antique. The lighting is quite optimal in all sectors and we can see a kind of combination between the modern white light and the yellow light of the chandeliers. In some areas, the floor is polished and is composed of black and white squares similar to those of a chessboard.

This is not the largest and most imposing cathedral I have visited, but it is the one that is in the best state of preservation especially in the internal part, everything is impeccable and very well illuminated. I have always found it interesting to visit this kind of places because they give me to understand that religion moves large numbers of people and that they have impressive structures in all parts of the world. It was a pleasure to share once again with the community, see you.