In this way, Nueva Valencia del Rey was founded, near Lake Tacarigua, a paradisiacal reservoir of botany, animals, and life when discovered by the conquerors, bathed by a generous river, in most of the houses and in the customs and hearts of its inhabitants.
A Valencian heroine, María Josefa Zabaleta y Gedler, distinguished herself by risking her life, seeking water from the river to supply the patriots.
By 1848, work on an aqueduct was completed; to the surprise of many, the ravine called "La Represa", originally in Guataparo Arriba, was inadequate for the local population of the time.
To the surprise of many, the Cabriales River previously mattered and had relevance in the social life of the city, which claimed that it constituted a kind of regional geographical symbol.
During the years of Spain's conquest and colonization, to the Venezuelan coasts and after, during the War of Independence, the Cabriales River formed a point of security from assaults and piracy.
The reason for her suicide was explained by the luxurious fan she kept tight in her hands, illustrated with a Japanese watercolor, which had been sent to her by the Liberator, named Simón Bolívar, inside an onyx case and along with a letter, the day after she met him at a dance on January 4, 1827, the last visit she made to Venezuela.
In the poetic genre, the following was emphasized: During his term as governor of Carabobo, Henrique Salas Römer decreed the "Cabriales Festivals", which mixed music with painting.