Caracas experienced several changes of destruction and restoration before it reached its present state as a modern city. Let's go back in time and see how it all began.
The valley, where Caracas now stands, was originally the site of the Toromaim Indian tribes. In 1560, Francisco Fajardo discovered the land, where he found a settlement called San Francisco. He tried to drive out the Indians, but he failed, and the natives destroyed his settlements. A year later, Juan Rodriguez Suárez, who founded the Venezuelan city, revived the destroyed settlements and named it Villa de San Francisco. The valley was fully justified by the tribe through a full contract order from the governor of Venezuela, and then the province.
Captain Diego de Losada restored the settlement of Santiago de Leon de Caracas on July 25, 1567. Caracas became the capital of Venezuela in 1577 after the appointment of Governor Juan de Pimentel. In 1578, Caracas was known as a small town with 60 families. The city became earlier pirate attacks and ulcers. The pirates burned the entire city in 1595, and an earthquake in 1641 destroyed the city again before its complete reconstruction. During this disaster, nearly 500 inhabitants died.
In the 18th century, the city experienced some events. There was a trading company of 700 captains and merchants, Real Compania Guipuzcoana. This company dominated the trade in the colonies of Spain and raised the economy of Caracas. The people of Caracas complained about corruption, and there were several protests against the company. In 1810, Karakenos staged a coup against the government until Venezuela gained independence from Spain on July 5, 1811.
The city again lost 10,000 people in an earthquake that stuck and destroyed the city in 1812. Finally, Spain recognized the independence of Venezuela in 1845. The modest growth of Caracas in the first half of the 20th century made the city very quiet. The discovery of oil in 1914 in the Maracaibo Basin caused a boom in the city’s economy, especially in the 1970s. The economy and population of Caracas suddenly flared. Oil money was mainly credited to the boom of Caracas, which is now a modernized and highly industrialized capital. Earthquakes and modernization destroyed most of the remains of the old city.
The history of Caracas is very interesting. But because of the destruction of the ancient structures, the evidence of the early struggle of Caracas is very limited.
