[1] The idea of creating this institution arose in the year 1943[2] on the initiative of General Eleazar López Contreras who in the same year ordered start work with the design of the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva.

It was completed in 1954 and opened in the year 1956 under the dictatorship of General Marcos Perez Jimenez .

As part of the Central University of Venezuela its structure is World Heritage Site since 2000.

It is accessible through the line 3 station of the Caracas Metro Ciudad Universitaria.

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