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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Caracas

5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Caracas, Venezuela

Updated April 17, 2019
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Laboratories located in the Hacienda Buena Vista, located at the Palmar del Picacho sector Galipán in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Dr. Gottfried Knoche and his mummies

Ruins of the laboratory where a mysterious doctor invented an embalming fluid and stored his mummies.
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The Helix

This former shopping center now acts as the eccentric lair of the Venezuelan secret police and their shadow prison.
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El Monumento a la Paz

Dr. Farid Mattar's Monument of Peace.
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