The history of my city

In 1812, San Felipe was among the main cities in the West of the country. But with a short light, on March 26 (in the celebration of Holy Thursday) it was destroyed by an earthquake that shook much of the national territory, leaving more than half of the population there without life. It is believed that some 5000 people perished under the rubble of the city. After the earthquake, looting by bandits followed, leaving the few survivors with nothing, who had to abandon the place and take refuge in nearby farms or survive in the open. In addition to all this, heavy rains that began 3 days after the earthquake and overflowed the Yurubí River, caused the city to flood and go underground

 It is also important to emphasize that this place represents in great part the cultural roots of the people of San Felipe, since it is a space with which the natives have grown as a palpable, tangible and material reference of the history of their city, in such a way that they identify with it by knowing the history from childhood, by oral tradition, by their visits to the park and equally, by formal education. According to the explanation of Mercedes Salom, who was a tourist informant for 38 years in the place, the park is highly frequented on weekends by students of all levels of education, who come in search of information for research, especially in areas such as history, anthropology and natural sciences.

The San Felipe El Fuerte Historical Archaeological Park is the only park of its kind in Venezuela, a space in which an entire city lies and in which nature coexists with the material remains of a society that disappeared, a historical relic whose sole journey inspires knowledge about the society of San Felipe in the 18th century.

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