National Pantheon of Venezuela

The National Pantheon of Venezuela is a final resting place for national heroes.
The Pantheon was created in the 1870s on the site of the ruined Santísima Trinidad church from 1744 on the northern edge of the old town of Caracas, Venezuela.
The entire central nave is dedicated to Simón Bolívar, with the altar's place taken by the hero's bronze sarcophagus, while lesser luminaries are relegated to the aisles. The national pantheon's vault is covered with 1930s paintings depicting scenes from Bolívar's life, and the huge crystal chandelier glittering overhead was installed in 1883 on the centennial of his birth. The Pantheon was reopened in 2013 after a 3-year-long process of expansion and restoration.

List of people who are buried at the Pantheon

Cecilio Acosta. Writer, journalist and humanist..
José Ángel de Álamo. Doctor, leader of the Independence movement. .
Francisco de Paula Alcántara. General in the War of Independence. .
Demetrio Alfaro. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Lisandro Alvarado. Doctor..
Apacuana. Indigenous rebel.
Raimundo Andueza. Lawyer, soldier and politician, father of President Raimundo Andueza Palacio. .
Francisco Aranda. Politician..
Juan Bautista Arismendi. Officer in the War of Independence..
Jesús María Aristeguieta. Military officer and politician in the War of Independence..
Carlos Arvelo. Doctor and politician..
Rafael Arvelo. Journalist..
Francisco de Paula Avendaño. Officer in the War of Independence..
Rafael María Baralt. Writer and historian; ambassador to Spain. .
José Miguel Barceló. Military of the Federal War. .
Pedro Bárcenas. Doctor and officer in the War of Independence. .
Víctor Barret de Nazarís. Military and politician of the Federal War..
Renato Beluche. Sailor in the Venezuelan Navy during the War of Independence. .
José Francisco Bermúdez. Officer in the War of Independence..
Pedro Bermúdez Cousín. Lawyer, soldier and politician. .
Andrés Eloy Blanco. Poet and politician..
José Félix Blanco. Priest..
Manuel Blanco. Sailor who fought with both San Martín and Simón Bolívar..
Rufino Blanco Fombona. Writer and politician..
Simón Bolívar. Liberator of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Venezuela. .
Justo Bricéño. Officer in the War of Independence..
Mario Briceño Iragorry. Historian, writer and diplomat. .
Domingo Briceño y Briceño. Lawyer, journalist and writer. .
Luis Brión. Admiral of the Venezuelan Navy in the Independence War..
Blas Bruzual. Military, politician and journalist..
Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual. Military and politician..
Lorenzo Bustillos. Officer in the War of Independence..
Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi. Patriot and Heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence..
Josefa Venancio de la Encarnación Camejo. Heroine in the War of Independence.
Francisco Carabaño Aponte. Officer in the War of Independence..
Teresa Carreño. Pianist and composer..
José de la Cruz Carrillo. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Carlos Luis Castelli. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Juan Francisco del Castillo. Lawyer, military and politician. .
Pedro Camejo. Known by his nickname Negro Primero, hero of the War of Independence and fought with Simón Bolívar till his untimely death in the Battle of Carabobo.
Cipriano Castro. Military and President of Venezuela..
Manuel Cedeño. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Lino de Clemente. Official of the Venezuelan navy..
Agostino Codazzi. Military, scientist, geographer and cartographer..
Juan Fermín Colmenares. Military and politician at the Federal War. .
Juan José Conde. Officer in the War of Independence. .
José María Delgado Correa..
Manuel María Echeandía..
Juan Crisóstomo Falcón. Soldier, politician, and President of Venezuela. .
León de Febres Cordero. Officer in the War of Independence..
Carmelo Fernández. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Fernando Figueredo. Officer in the War of Independence..
Alejo Fortique. Politician and diplomat. .
Argimiro Gabaldon. Politician, poet, painter and guerrillero..
Rómulo Gallegos. Writer and politician, President of Venezuela. .
Juan Garcés. Soldier in the war of Independence..
José María García. Navy officer in the War of Independence..
Valentín García. Officer in the War of Independence..
Miguel Gil. Soldier in the War of Independence..
Francisco Esteban Gómez. Officer in the War of Independence..
José de Jesús González. Military leader of the Federal War..
Tomás Green..
Guaicaipuro. Indigenous chief..
Juan Bautista Guerra Carrillo.
Manuel María Guevara. .
Antonio Leocadio Guzmán. Politician and journalist. .
Antonio Guzmán Blanco. Military, lawyer and President of Venezuela..
Tomás de Heres. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Francisco Hurtado. .
Andrés Ibarra. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Diego Ibarra. Officer in the War of Independence..
Francisco de Ibarra. Priest. .
Juan Domingo del Sacramento Infante. Bricklayer, constructor of the Santísima Trinidad Church. .
Tomás Lander. Journalist, farmer, politician, and propagator of liberal thought. President of Venezuela.
José Prudencio Lanz..
Jacinto Lara. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Francisco Lazo Martí. Doctor and poet. .
Andrés Olimpo Level. Magistrate, lawyer, politician and journalist. Active in the War of Independence. .
Francisco Linares Alcántara. Soldier and politician, President of Venezuela. .
Enrique Luzón. German-born and originally named Heinrich von Lützow Officer in the War of Independence. .
José Tomás Machado. Official of the Venezuelan Navy..
Vicente Marcano. Engineer, chemist and geologist..
Santiago Mariño. Officer in the War of Independence..
Zoilo Medrano. Farmer leader of the Federal War. .
Ramón Ignacio Méndez de la Barta. Priest, lawyer and politician during the Independence War..
Arturo Michelena. Painter. .
Guillermo Michelena Salías. Doctor, university professor, and science writer..
Carlos Minchin. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Francisco de Miranda. Venezuelan revolutionary before Bolívar, participant in the American Revolution and the French Revolution.
José Gregorio Monagas. General in the War of Independence, President of Venezuela, ordered the end of slavery in an 1854 presidential decree..
José Tadeo Monagas. Military leader, President of Venezuela..
Mariano Montilla. Officer in the War of Independence..
Juan de Dios Monzón. Doctor, soldier and politician..
José Trinidad Morán. Writer and officer in the War of Independence..
Tomás Muñoz y Ayala..
Pedro Navarro Bolet..
Carlos Núñez. Member of the Patriotic Society during the Independence..
Daniel Florencio O'Leary. Irish officer serving in the Venezuelan and Colombian army during the War of Independence. .
Manuel Germán Ojeda Muñiz..
Fabricio Ojeda. Journalist and news reporter who helped bring forth the triumph of the 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état, ending years of military domination in state affairs, later president of Patriotic Council during the democratic transition period.
José Manuel Olivares. Officer in the War of Independence. .
José Antonio Páez. General-in-Chief of Venezuelan Independence. First president of Venezuela after it had succeeded from Gran Colombia in 1830..
Miguel Palacio Fajardo. Doctor and lawyer. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Juan Antonio Paredes Angulo. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Francisco Vicente Parejo. Officer in the War of Independence..
Ana Teresa Parra Sanojo. Writer. .
Jesús María Paúl..
Miguel Peña. Lawyer and politician. .
Fernando Peñalver. Signer of the Act of Independence..
Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde. Poet..
Manuel Piar. General in chief of the army during the Independence War.
Gabriel Picón González. Officer in the War of Independence..
Judas Tadeo Piñango. Officer in the War of Independence..
Simón Planas. Politician. .
José Ignacio Pulido del Pumar. Officer in the War of Independence..
José Luis Ramos. Humanist, founder of the Literary journalism..
Rafael Rangel. Scientist who studied tropical diseases..
Luis Razetti. Doctor and surgeon..
Cesar Rengifo. Painter, poet, writer..
José Rafael Revenga. Lawyer..
Armando Reveron. Painter..
Pedro Rodríguez..
Simón Rodríguez. Bolívar's teacher..
Francisco Rodríguez del Toro. Signer of the Act of Independence and first Commander in Chief of Venezuela's Independence Army.
Donato Rodríguez Silva. Military and politician of the Federal War. .
Arístides Rojas. Naturalist..
Cristóbal Rojas. Painter..
Pedro Manuel Rojas Mercado. Military leader of the Federal War..
Juan José Rondón. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Manuela Sáenz. Heroine in the Latin American wars of independence, helped in the struggle for Peruvian independence and for women's rights and was responsible for saving Simón Bolívar from an assassination attempt in 1828.
Bartolomé Salom. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Tomás José Sanabria y Meleán. Lawyer and politician..
Luis Sanojo. Lawyer and politician. .
José Laurencio Silva. Officer in the War of Independence..
Juan Antonio Sotillo. Officer in the War of Independence..
Carlos Soublette. Officer in the War of Independence, President of Venezuela. .
Fermín Toro. Politician, writer and diplomat. .
Pedro León Torres. Officer in the War of Independence. .
Martín Tovar y Tovar. Painter. .
José Vicente de Unda. Priest..
Diego Bautista Urbaneja. Lawyer and colonel..
Adolfo Urdaneta. Son of Rafael Urdaneta.
Rafael Urdaneta. General Officer of the War of Independence. .
Wenceslao Urrutia. Lawyer and politician..
Juan Uslar. German-born and originally named Johan Von Usler, in 1819 he brought more than 300 soldiers to aid the Venezuelans in their fight for independence..
José María Vargas. Doctor and surgeon, President of Venezuela. .
Miguel Antonio Vásquez. Officer in the War of Independence. .
José Joaquín Veroes. Colonel in the War of Independence..
Francisco Javier Yánez..
José Ramón Yépez. Official of the Venezuelan Navy..
Ezequiel Zamora. Military leader of the Federal War.
Miguel Zárraga. Officer in the War of Independence..
Cristóbal Mendoza. First President of Venezuela after the country gained independence from Spain..

The following personalities in the preceding list are not buried in the Pantheon because their remains have not been found, but it has been decreed by the Venezuelan authorities they should be:

Francisco de Miranda. First leader of the Venezuelan Independence, participant at the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolution.
Josefa Camejo. Heroine of the Independence War.
Guaicaipuro. Indigenous chief that fought against the Spaniards.
Manuel Piar. General in chief of the army during the Independence War.

The following person is not buried in the Pantheon but an empty tomb is kept there, next to Simon Bolivar's in the hopes that his remains will return to his homeland:

Antonio José de Sucre. Hero of the South American Independence War, second President of Bolivia

Monuments

Central Nave

Monument to Simón Bolívar by Pietro Tenerani.

Right Nave

Monument to the First Republic by Hugo Daini.
Monument to José Gregorio Monagas by Julio Roversi.
Monumento to the Federation by Juan Bautista Sales Ferré.

Left Nave

Monument to José Antonio Páez by José Pizzo.
Monument to Rafael Urdaneta by Pietro Ceccarelli.
Monument to José María Vargas by Franco Bianchinni.
Monument to Santiago Mariño by Manuel de la Fuente.

Cenotaphs

Cenotaph in honor of Francisco de Miranda by Julio Roversi.
Cenotaph in honor of Antonio José de Sucre by Juan Bautista Sales Ferré.
Cenotaph in honor of Andrés Bello by Manuel de la Fuente.

Works of Tito Salas

Alegoría de la libertad de los esclavos.Apoteosis del Libertador. Bolívar en el Chimborazo.Bolívar y Humboldt en París.El ascenso al Cerro de Potosí el 26 de octubre de 1825.El tiempo graba el nombre de Bolívar para la posteridad.Entrada triunfal de Bolívar a Caracas después de la Batalla de Carabobo en 1821. Coat of arms of the City of Caracas Escudo de la familia Bolívar. Coat of arms of Venezuela Foundation of Caracas. Inspiración del istmo de Panamá.Bolivar's pledge of independence on Sacro Hill.La noche de Casacoima.La Santísima Trinidad. 1842 Transfer of the remains of the Liberator from La Guaira to Caracas.

''Unión, Unión.''