01 THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CARACAS Venezuela

THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CARACAS or The Hospital

Universitario de Caracas (also named Hospital Clínico Universitario or just El Clínico) is a publicly owned hospital located in the spaces of the Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, part of the Central University of Venezuela at Caracas 1053, Capital District, Venezuela. The idea of creating this institution arose in the year 1943 on the initiative of General Eleazar López Contreras who in the same year ordered to start the work with the design of the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva. It was completed in 1954 and opened in the year 1956 under the leadership of General Marcos Perez Jimenez. Its structure is included as a World Heritage Site since 2000. ■