An architectural look at the Heroines zone. Merida - Venezuela ENG-ESP

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After a couple of years, I finally had the opportunity to take a walk through "Las Heroínas", one of the most popular tourist sectors of the city of Merida, Venezuela. It was really nice to walk again through its streets and admire all the good things it has to offer, especially for people who choose Merida as a destination for their vacations.

I took this short walk with my family in the morning, the streets were lonely and the sun was at its peak, getting good shots with my phone was not an easy task and most of the sites were closed, Like the cable car system and the "Las Heroínas" square that were under maintenance, but this did not prevent us from spending a very pleasant morning, (you can read more about this family outing in this post where I shared some photos), it was certainly a nice experience in this place where my son will surely form great memories.

I knew that they had made several renovations to the boulevard, since the reopening of the Mukumbary Cable Car system, but I was surprised to see so many positive changes, such as the width of the sidewalks, now, they are more comfortable and spacious, ideal for children to have a place to play and enjoy, now has some decorations on its concrete roadway, a beautiful lighting at night and some aluminum benches to rest while enjoying the architecture of the area.

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Después de un par de años, al fin tuve la oportunidad de dar un paseo por " las Heroínas", uno de los sectores turísticos más populares de la Ciudad de Mérida, Venezuela. Fue realmente, grato, caminar de nuevo por sus calles y admirar todo lo bueno que tiene para ofrecer, especialmente para las personas que eligen Mérida, como un destino para sus vacaciones.

Esta pequeña caminata, la realicé junto a mi familia, durante la mañana, las calles estaban solitarias y el sol estaba en su máximo esplendor, obtener buenas tomas con mi teléfono, no fue una tarea fácil y la mayoría de los sitios estaban cerrados, al igual que el Sistema del teleférico y la plaza" Las Heroínas" que se encontraban en mantenimiento, pero esto no evito que pasáramos una mañana muy grata, (pueden leer más acerca de este paseo familiar en este post donde compartí algunas fotos), fue sin duda una bonita experiencia en este lugar en el que seguro mi hijo formara grandes recuerdos.

Sabía, que habían realizado varias remodelaciones al bulevar, desde la reapertura del sistema del Teleférico Mukumbary, pero me sorprendí al observar tantos cambios positivos, como el ancho de sus aceras, ahora, son más cómodas y espaciosas, ideal para que los niños tengan un lugar donde jugar y disfrutar, ahora tiene algunas decoraciones en su calzada de concreto, una hermosa iluminación por las noches y algunas bancas en aluminio para descansar mientras disfrutas de la arquitectura de la zona.


HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS

The Heroines, is well known, because in this sector we can find a number of hotels and tourist inns, as well as very good restaurants, where you can taste the traditional Andean cuisine, many of these sites have a charming architectural design and as we walked many memories came to my mind, because this sector is not only attractive to tourists, it is also important in the life of the Merideños, because it is one of the meeting and recreation sites preferred by us. Some lúgares managed to amaze me again, as if it was the first time, like the picturesque facade of Cheo's Hotel.

This is a very nice place, beyond being known for its lodging service, its restaurant offers delicious pizzas, grilled or broiled pizzas, I haven't tasted them for a long time, but I can remember them and they are a real delight, besides its interior is equally charming, aesthetically pleasing and very comfortable.

The Hotel Restaurant CHEO'S, is one of the places that most caught my attention from the architectural point of view, undoubtedly steals the eyes of locals and tourists and its facade has become a great background for taking pictures. Its natural and rustic concept calls my attention, representing the typical architecture of the region, with the use of materials such as Creole clay tiles on its roofs, columns and wooden beams, with rustic finishes, the use of stone and brick in its cladding.

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Las Heroínas, es muy conocida, porque en este sector podemos encontrar una serie de hoteles y posadas turísticas, al igual que restaurantes muy buenos, donde se puede degustar de la gastronomía tradicional andina, muchos de estos sitios tienen un diseño arquitectónico encantador y mientras caminábamos muchos recuerdos llegaron a mi mente, ya que este sector no solo es atractivo para los turistas, es importante también en la vida de los merideños, porque es uno de los sitios de encuentro y de recreación preferido por nosotros. Algunos lúgares lograron maravillarme de nuevo, como si fuese la primera vez, como la pintoresca fachada del Hotel Cheo´s.

Este es un sitio bastante agradable, más allá de ser conocido por su servicio de hospedaje, su restaurante ofrece unas pizzas deliciosas, pizzas a la brasa o al grill, hace mucho, no las pruebo, pero puedo recordarlas y son una verdadera delicia, además su interior es igual de encantador, estéticamente agradable y muy confortable.

El Hotel restaurante CHEO´S, es uno de los sitios que más llamó mi atención desde el punto de vista arquitectónico, indudablemente roba las miradas de merideños y turistas y su fachada se ha convertido en un gran fondo para tomarse fotos. Me llama la atención, su concepto natural y rústico, representando la arquitectura típica de la región, con el uso de materiales como las tejas de arcilla criolla en sus techos, columnas y vigas de madera, con acabados rústicos, el uso de la piedra y del ladrillo en su revestimiento.


I think they managed to get a striking design, in keeping with the surrounding environment. Many people come to Mérida to feel tranquility, enjoy the climate and above all connect with the mountain life, with nature, and this place offers a sample in the city of the picturesque architecture present in the moorland villages, in the Mocotíes Valley or in the villages of the south.

This hotel has three levels, in each of them, there are a series of arched windows and doors, in wood with an iron frame. One of the things that catches my attention are the small balconies, where you can see the use of wood in its columns, purlins and beams, as well as in the handrail. Accompanied by a clay brick cladding. I really liked the fact that the façade depicts a wood-burning oven, built in clay, alluding to the type of gastronomy to be found in the place.


Creo que lograron obtener un llamativo diseño, acorde con el entorno que los rodea. Muchas personas vienen a Mérida, a sentir tranquilidad, disfrutar del clima y sobre todo conectar con la vida de montaña, con la naturaleza y este sitio, ofrece una muestra en la ciudad de la arquitectura pintoresca presente en los pueblos de páramo, en el Valle del Mocotíes o en los pueblos del sur.

Este hotel cuenta con tres niveles, en cada uno de ellos, están presentes una serie de ventanas y puertas en arco, en madera con un marco de hierro. Una de las cosas que llama mi atención son los pequeños balcones, donde se deja ver el uso de la madera en sus columnas, correas y vigas, así como en el barandal. Acompañado de un revestimiento de ladrillos de arcilla. Me gustó mucho, que en su fachada representaran un horno de leña, construido en arcilla, dando alusión al tipo de gastronomía que encontraran en el lugar.


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On the third level, we see some deteriorated areas, it seems that they are about to be restored, I imagine that it is time to replace part of its wood. I can't delve too much into its structural configuration, because I would like to see its interior again. According to a notice, the restaurant is open to the public from 5 pm until midnight and the lodging service offers hot water, wifi and parking.


En el tercer nivel, vemos unas áreas deterioradas, parece que están por restaurar, imagino que es tiempo de sustituir parte de su madera. No puedo ahondar mucho en su configuración estructural, porque me gustaría ver nuevamente su interior. De acuerdo a un aviso, el restaurante está abierto al público a partir de las 5 de la tarde hasta la media noche y el servicio de hospedaje ofrece agua caliente, wifi y estacionamiento.


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Right next door we have, another building that I did not remember and I am curious to see what they offer, but here we can highlight the use of clay bricks as cladding.


Justo al lado tenemos, otro edificio que no recordaba y tengo curiosidad de ver que ofrecen, pero aquí podemos destacar el uso de los ladrillos de arcilla como recubrimiento.


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A few steps later, we found another hotel restaurant, clad in stone, this is a type of cladding, quite used in Mérida, they use the stone slabs of the rivers, for this purpose, creating striking designs that I personally like a lot.


Unos pasos después, encontramos otro hotel restaurante, revestido en piedra, este es un tipo de revestimiento, bastante usado en Mérida, usan las lajas de piedras de los ríos, para este fin, creando diseños llamativos que personalmente me gusta mucho.


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In addition to places with picturesque facades, there are other more traditional and modern ones, among them the Hotel Teleférico. This hotel is right in front of "Las Heroínas" square, so it must have a wonderful view. In addition, I like the irregular shapes of its windows, which form a very interesting geometric concept. I love the effect produced by the blue of the sky and the perfect contrast with the gray of the walls.


Además de sitios con fachadas pintorescas, encontramos otros más tradicionales y modernos, entre ellos el Hotel Teleférico. Este hotel queda justo al frente de la plaza "Las Heroínas", por ende, debe tener una vista maravillosa. Además, me gustan las formas irregulares de sus ventanas, que forman un concepto geométrico bastante interesante. Adoro el efecto que produce el azul del cielo y ese contraste perfecto con el gris de sus paredes.


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Teleférico Hotel

As you can see, it is a sector dedicated to hotels, tourism, handicraft and gastronomic commerce, where all the places have something in common, an incredible view of the highest cable car in the world (Mukumbarí), an experience that I dream of having at some point, I'm crossing my fingers that it will be in 2023. What I am sure is that I will be back soon and I will surely share with you the rest of the spaces and other goodness that this popular sector of the city of Merida has to offer.


Como pueden ver, es un sector destinado a la hotelería, el turismo, el comercio artesanal y gastronómico, donde todos los sitios tienen algo en común, una increíble vista del teleférico más alto del mundo (Mukumbarí), una experiencia que sueño tener en alguna oportunidad, cruzo los dedos para que sea en este 2023. Lo que si estoy segura es que volveré próximamente y seguramente les comparta el resto de los espacios y las demás bondades que ofrece este popular sector de la ciudad de Mérida.


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Mintoy Hotel

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Blue Moon Hotel / Hotel Luna Azul

I hope that my publication has been to your liking, I will be sharing buildings in my region that catch my attention.


Espero que mi publicación haya sido de su agrado, estaré compartiendo edificaciones de mi región que llamen mi atención.



My language is Spanish so I use the translator DeepL, in its free version, the images were taken by me, with my Yezz max phone, collage created in canva.

 Mi idioma es el español, por tanto, uso el traductor DeepL, en su versión gratuita, las imágenes fueron tomadas por mí, con mi teléfono Yezz max, collage creado en Canva.

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@doriangel hola, feliz de verte iniciar el reto. Excelente publicación.. felicidades

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Hello @karlex77 I wish you the best of success. Thank you very much

Hola @karlex77, Igualmente, te deseo el mayor de los éxitos. Muchas gracias

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What beautiful architecture, I loved the colors. Very cool that you were able to go.

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Yes thank you very much, I also liked the colors. Greetings.

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Wonderful pictures and your explanation invite us to go there sometime. But if it is not possible, you guide us very well through the streets and sidewalks, that's it feels like we went there already

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I hope you can come to Merida soon, I'm glad I gave you a little virtual tour for now. Thank you very much

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Que bonitas fotos amiga. Muy coloridas y sin duda las estructuras son el atractivo turístico.

Esas fotos me hacen recordar a un mercado que fui por allá, era como de 3 pisos, en donde vendían unas artesanías preciosas, de las cuales me traje algunos souvenir para mi familia de recuerdo.

Un paseo en familia especial y bello amiga.

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Si , amiga, el Mercado Principal, tengo tiempo sin pasar por ahí, pero ese es también un gran sitio por ir. La arquitectura de esta zona me gusta bastante. Gracias por visitar mi post. Ten un día maravilloso. @leidimarc

Yes, my friend, the Main Market, I haven't been there in a while, but that's also a great place to go. I quite like the architecture in this area. Thanks for visiting my post. Have a wonderful day.

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The hotel there looks very old but very attractive, this is a preservation that must be maintained. I hope to go there for vacation someday :)

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Yes that hotel must be quite old, but it is well preserved, I hope you can come sometime. You are always welcome.

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Que lugar tan sorprendente , cuánta belleza arquitectónica ,gracias por compartirlo con nosotros , así conocemos lugares maravillosos que hay en el mundo

What an amazing place, how much architectural beauty, thanks for sharing it with us, so we know wonderful places in the world

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This is precisely what I like about #Hive and this community, this exchange between different countries and cities. We stroll and get to know each other through our publications. It's great.

Thank you very much for visiting my publication, I hope someday you can visit my city.

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Excelentes fotos @doriangel. Mérida es una ciudad divina en cuanto a su gente y posee una arquitectura exquisita y colonial como lo demuestras en tus imágenes. Tengo años sin ir, espero visitar pronto. Seguimos.

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That's right, Merida has very beautiful places where the architecture stands out, especially the colonial style. I hope, you can come soon. A #hive meeting in the Andes sounds great!

Thank you very much @jonsnow1983 .

Así es , Mérida, tiene lugares muy bonitos donde se destaca la arquitectura, sobre todo el estilo colonial. Espero, puedas venir pronto. Un encuentro de #hive en los Andes, suena genial !.

Muchas gracias, Saludos @jonsnow1983 ..

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Están geniales esas fotografías y esa información histórica y de arquitectura amiga! 🙌🏻

Excelente post.

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Thank you very much friend. It is a nice place.

Muchas gracias amiga. Es un bonito lugar.

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How beautiful these photos my friend, I almost didn't know Merida when I was still living in Venezuela and I regret it, it is very beautiful.

Thank you very much for sharing these photos 🤗

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I hope that when you come to visit, you can meet her. Imagine I am from here and I still have many places to visit. Thank you very much.

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Through your photos, I was able to see many buildings that were built according to the rustic but attractive architectural characteristics of Las Heroínas street. Especially the shapes and designs of the clay brick walls, arched windows and doors caught my attention. It is a special advantage that the restaurants have been created in such a way as to attract the visitors, who have recovered from the delicious food.

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Yes, I think they achieved a very successful concept that combines with the surrounding environment. I really like this type of wall cladding and the arched doors. Las Heroínas contrasts with the rest of the city, the center for example has a style inspired by the Spanish colonial, combined with more ordinary and common buildings. It is a great advantage for restaurants, it is very striking, especially to customers coming from other cities. Thank you very much.

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Merida has so many beautiful places that I am sure you will have plenty of material to publish.

I love the way you describe each building, you seem to be an expert in the area of architecture and construction.

All the images are beautiful, I love the colors but this time the one I liked the most is the gray building that reflects the sky in the windows. @doriangel 🥰🤗

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Yes, Merida has many good things that I would like to share and little by little I will do it, there are many places I would like to go. I have never managed to get on the cable car, for example, that is a goal for this year, I hope to materialize it, some places are difficult to access or expensive, but I would be happy if I could know all of it.

I am not an architect, but I love everything related to architecture, design and construction in general. Last year I graduated as a civil engineer and some years ago as a construction technician, but to be an expert, I still have a long way to go, I would say. Thank you very much for the compliment.

I also like that building very much precisely because of its colors and the effect that the sky has on it, together with its asymmetrical facade. Greetings and blessings @soyunasantacruz

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WOW! 😲 Are we in dreamland @doriangel? The boulevard of Heroines looks surreal, probably because of its interesting mix of architectural styles and most especially its vibrant hues! The entire landscape is a peculiar fusion of eclectic design but what caught my attention the most are the rustic and colonial facades with a bright saturation of colors, reminding me of traditional Mexican architecture. 👍😊

What particular building there do you think has the most intricate process of construction and structural frameworks?

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Yes, it is full of color and that architectural mix gives life to its streets and combines very well with the environment. Mexico is one of the countries that I would like to visit, but I have managed to see through photographs or on television that it has stupendous architecture. In Mexico, there is also a city called Mérida, even here there is a small square called the three Méridas, where they represent these three cities distributed in the world, which have the same name, by the way it is a bit deteriorated.

What a great question, it's hard for me to pick one, because I think they all take a lot of hard work to build. For example, Cheo's restaurant has a façade full of natural details with wooden beams and clay, achieving this must have been a great job. I am not sure how the mezzanines are built, but it seems that the entire structural framework is made of wood and that is a more complicated construction process than using steel profiles, from my point of view.

On the other hand, there are those covered in stone, this coating also takes work, looking for these slabs in the rivers, the polishing and preparation process, transportation and hauling, and the patience to install them.

And we have the most traditional, with a higher number of floors, surely an elevator inside, heavier and larger, which were surely built under the premise of a structural calculation, with more advanced and planned construction technologies, compared to the previous ones, such as the use of metallic structures and mezzanine slabs, easier to carry out, such as steel ones, but I am almost sure that more attention was paid in these from the structural and spatial point of view. It would be nice to have the opportunity and get to know its interior.

Thank you very much for the support and have a great weekend. Blessings @storiesoferne 😊

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Excellent review and choice @doriangel. Your valuable insights make a lot of sense. And since you have an engineering background, it would be quite a breeze for you to decipher and explain architectural stories and technical information that you've encountered. Thank you for this incredible contribution and keep up the fascinating features of architecture. Have a safe, productive, and blessed one! 😊👍

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What a beautiful combination between its architecture, its climate and above all the tourism that Merida represents for Venezuela, excellent content appreciated friend @doriangel, Blessings!!

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Yes, it is a very pleasant combination, the weather has changed a lot, but we can still enjoy those misty afternoons, although the sun is stronger than ever in the last days. Thank you very much @armasdiaze

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Thank you very much, happy for the mention and thank you for considering my post. Many blessings and success in your projects.

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Thanks for reminding me about the pizzeria. The last time I visited Merida was in 2014. I think I will plan another visit. One of the nights I had dinner at the pizzeria and I remember they were delicious. The area is more spacious! that's a wonder. The new hotel is much more modern than the traditional and quaint ones. Although I really like the traditional ones. Walking around there must be a delight!

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Yes it is a delight, now the sidewalks are wider . The restaurant I imagine that their pizzas are still delicious, I also have some time without trying them. You are welcome, I hope you come back soon.

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I loved this review of the Plaza de las Heroínas and its surroundings @doriangel, it is certainly one of the most tourist sites in the city of Merida, excellent architectural description and the important sites in that area, greetings 👋

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Woow que hermoso y extraordinario paseo, la verdad te admiro el echo de poder lograr ir a tan mágico lugar, mi dicho siempre ha sido que, no he de morir antes de ir a conocer a Mérida, y este lugar lo tendré en cuenta.
Está debe haber sido para ti una experiencia inolvidable.
Gracias por compartir 🥰 bendiciones para tu vida 🙏

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