En mi paseo de los miércoles, hoy les traigo mi primera exploración urbana, la cual ha sido por la otrora mansión presidencial El Peñón, casa campestre del General Marcos Pérez Jiménez, presidente de Venezuela durante el periodo abarcado entre el 2 de diciembre de 1952 hasta el 23 de enero de 1958, fecha en la cual su gobierno fue derrocado por un golpe de Estado.
La casa está ubicada en la urbanización El Peñón, municipio Baruta del estado Miranda en Venezuela. Después de la caída de Pérez Jiménez, la casa y sus terrenos fueron adjudicados al antiguo Ministerio de Sanidad y Asistencia Social, por lo cual durante mucho tiempo allí funcionó un Hospital Mental con todos los servicios que corresponden a esta especialidad, denominado Hospital Centro de Salud Mental del Este, pero a medida que han pasado los años la edificación ha sufrido un franco deterioro, al punto de que actualmente únicamente cumple funciones de consulta psiquiátrica externa, pues gran parte de su construcción se encuentra inhabilitada.
Se trata de una casa de madera, rodeada de jardines con una arquitectura estilo francés, muy parecida a la del Parque Ezequiel Zamora, mejor conocido como Parque El Calvario de Caracas. Fue usada como casa de descanso de la familia de Pérez Jiménez. Se ve que en sus mejores tiempos fue una lujosa vivienda, que contaba con amplios espacios, dos piscinas, potreros y hasta una famosa casa de muñecas con su capilla donde jugaban las hijas de Pérez Jiménez, según consta en la página 212 del manual Caracas en 450 publicado por Banesco el año 2017
En las adyacencias de la casa de madera existen otras edificaciones de ladrillo que también se encuentran deterioradas, pero que no sé si también existían para la época de Pérez Jiménez, por esa razón no las estoy publicando en este trabajo.
Resulta doloroso ver el estado al que ha llegado la casa de madera y sus alrededores. Presumo que la causa de todo esto ha sido una ineficiente administración y una rotunda indolencia general.
Acá les dejo una muestra de fotografías que pude tomar en el lugar:
Esta es mi participación para el reto #wednesdaywalk dirigido por
@tattoodjay en colaboración con #makemesmile que está dirigido por @elizacheng
Todas las fotografías son de mi propiedad y fueron tomadas con un celular Samsung A03
English
In my Wednesday walk, today I bring you my first urban exploration, which has been through the former presidential mansion El Peñón, country house of General Marcos Pérez Jiménez, president of Venezuela during the period from December 2, 1952 to January 23, 1958, date on which his government was overthrown by a coup d'état.
The house is located in the urbanization of El Peñón, municipality of Baruta, Miranda State, Venezuela. After the fall of Perez Jimenez, the house and its land were awarded to the former Ministry of Health and Social Assistance, so for a long time there was a Mental Hospital with all the services that correspond to this specialty, called Hospital Centro de Salud Mental del Este, but as the years have passed the building has suffered a frank deterioration, to the point that currently only serves as an external psychiatric consultation, since much of its construction is disabled.
It is a wooden house, surrounded by gardens with a French-style architecture, very similar to that of Parque Ezequiel Zamora, better known as Parque El Calvario in Caracas. It was used as a rest house for the family of Pérez Jimenez, it is seen that in its best times it was a luxurious home, which had large spaces, two swimming pools, paddocks and even a famous dollhouse with its chapel, where the daughters of Pérez Jimenez played, as stated on page 212 of the manual Caracas in 450 published by Banesco in 2017.
In the vicinity of the wooden house there are other brick buildings that are also deteriorated, but I do not know if they also existed at the time of Perez Jimenez, for that reason I am not publishing them in this work. There are also other buildings that belong to the residential complex of the presidential mansion, but to which there is no access because the roads are impassable by the bush.
It really causes pain to see the state of the wooden house and its surroundings, I presume that the cause of all this has been the lack of economic resources, inefficient administration and general indolence.
Here is a sample of photographs I was able to take at the site:
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This is my participation in the challenge #wednesdaywalk is led by
@tattoodjay and is in collaboration with #makemesmile which is led by @elizacheng
All photographs are my property and were taken with a Samsung A03 cell phone.
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Too bad the place is abandoned. It could've been a nice tourist spot. Imagine touring inside a president's mansion.
First of all, I thank you very much for visiting, commenting and voting my post, I appreciate it very much. Regarding the house it is really a shame that it has reached that state of deterioration, it is a house with a great historical and architectural value, hopefully it is still in time to be recovered.
In Venezuela there is another house whose name is La Casona, which was the residence of the presidential family for many years, this one is preserved in good condition and a few years ago this house was converted into a kind of house museum, which can be visited and in which various cultural activities are held.
A pity the place is run down and not looked after it must have been so beautiful in its prime
thanks for joining the Wednesday Walk :)
Hi @tattoodjay! Yes, it's a shame that house is in that condition now.
Thank you so much for viewing, commenting and upvoting my post. I appreciate it. I love participating in the Wednesday walk.
No conocía ese lugar, creo que nunca he pasado por allí, qué pena que esté tan descuidado. Sería hermoso una galería de arte allí.
Concuerdo contigo @coquicoin una galería sería ideal. Realmente es una pena que la hayan descuidado tanto. La casa queda en un sitio muy escondido, desde la vía no se ve.