Visiting Maracaibo's Central Hospital and Santa Ana Chapel | Visitando el Hospital Central de Maracaibo y la Capilla Santa Ana 🏥⛪️

@noalys · 2025-05-26 04:04 · hive-163772
ENGLISH VERSION (click here!) My city is home to buildings that are preserved in time, two of them are the Central Hospital of Maracaibo and the Santa Ana Chapel, I took a part of the day Sunday to make a short tour of each of them and although I could not visit inside, part of its external structure shows part of its antiquity. ![InShot_20250525_154609543.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmenbiasu1JFCe3CpQp8Mr2iKmiH8uLrsFtziZHtxxeKFz/InShot_20250525_154609543.jpg) The Central Hospital of Maracaibo or Dr. Urquinaona also in the past called Hospital de Santa Ana, is the oldest health care center in the city, its inauguration was in 1608, its architecture is of a colonial style, currently part of this structure is not used but is preserved as part of the heritage of our state and it is a pity that its main entrance remains closed. ![20250518_093841.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVQzW3jWxEEyfySrBP3LHaw83aSkHxVBKGBgYthTFQJwr/20250518_093841.jpg) ![20250518_093853.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmXs9sr4zpFHMVg6EXBUmWPN2nFzAXceJ5GRmcmL7sD6fb/20250518_093853.jpg) ![20250518_094007.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYcBpNMZmCqXkG1T4E3WXJ27c5ygaTsfVVdQsThNogS9o/20250518_094007.jpg) ![20250518_094021.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmWiz8R85joEAkmqnB6WS4J1zYzL1tvKCNyRrXT5AvWVq4/20250518_094021.jpg) ![20250518_094032.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQme9Jire8VqsWLEnmngYz3Bo36sgyanoyJu1DU2rvECX53/20250518_094032.jpg) Part of its history is reflected in plaques on its facade, they speak that its founders were Don Francisco and Doña Ortiz del Basto, its last restoration and modernization was in 2009 by the governor of the time Manuel Rosales Guerrero, currently the hospital has a new area for emergency and outpatient consultations. ![20250518_093859.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUqUtAANojuot7DfZQn22kRB3B4zGyLvDwh82E9gXhnRQ/20250518_093859.jpg) ![20250518_093911.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmShhDWHcpJ5CQwh3z4Gc15dySibyGFNgUsdyhBxZ75XXo/20250518_093911.jpg) ![20250518_093922.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmPo7zzxpnbkScPmD9WdwHuENzyRx9Pi9iBLN4s6U7z1km/20250518_093922.jpg) ![20250518_093506.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmbvf5Q2F1BhUhpiECeahLeRWbNjrMyHn66QHMAhAbgu6m/20250518_093506.jpg) On one of its walls is reflected a poem by the Zulian Idelfonso Vasquez called **El rayo de Luz** that reads: *"Quick messenger of those worlds, that recaman and populate the void, finds narrow the rounded areas and fits in a drop of dew. It is in the moon a diamond brooch for God pinned in the nocturnal veils; in the sparkle, a shining serpent; and in the iris a crown of the heavens. In the polar star, saving radiance; kaleidoscope in the crystal of dawn; happy witness in the nuptial bedchamber. Incendiary arrow that the nerves twitch if shot from loving firebrand; lampoons in gold; in steel spark; flame in the sun, and in the brain idea. ![20250518_094256.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmcBJjzjN8astndNbfudMC8QyLnh2y6wtGA2cHA8p8PSFN/20250518_094256.jpg) ![20250518_094812.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmXZCCFahYM4V5K5mUGSMg3VYcevJin9EoKCQ6hezesudZ/20250518_094812.jpg) Right next door is the Santa Ana Chapel, which is one of the oldest churches in the city of Maracaibo, its construction dates back to the seventeenth century, as an annex to the Central Hospital of Maracaibo with the intention of giving comfort or faith to the relatives of those who were battling for their lives, its walls were built with mud, although its external facade has been restored over the years but retaining its wooden doors and windows. ![20250518_093719.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUHYAW1WEp1MomsdWfhgJJJKUZ6wNJ6y7F1ot1j7Zsd2f/20250518_093719.jpg) ![20250518_093440.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmd3pug6igtdASvwRZkoy9i9sF3QpVVwvHwSiNjsWChw38/20250518_093440.jpg) ![20250518_093502.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmT8cbvbb3VntEC2CTLu5TFnBwvDRSv5t5DpC1kFFgkTxH/20250518_093502.jpg) ![20250518_093711.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmXXSrVrBiQ58voqe6S1mhaZzwEA1o9Kavn9EMKH4XDiUv/20250518_093711.jpg) It was declared a National Historic Monument in 1960, also in this temple the Artistic Circle of Zulia and the Patriots met in 1812 to conspire for the independence of Maracaibo. ![20250518_095220.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmeSmw3K5axXa5gstC2xbeq98RfDnoHvCsvCNTXhowrTj4/20250518_095220.jpg) ![20250518_093657.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmZDQ6WUPRKH4scvyFF62LFrP41BtV6vC2NYb3JiFkM43z/20250518_093657.jpg) See you soon friends, I hope you will enjoy this time travel as much as I did. ![20250518_094129.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmNgm95wcfBZSXtDC9xX8RUEvXLNfGM1kuSU5e46iRy4ja/20250518_094129.jpg)

--- Photographs taken with a Samsung Galaxy A35. Content of my property. Translation by [Deepl](https://www.deepl.com/es/translator)

Mi ciudad alberga edificios que se conservan en el tiempo, dos de ellos son el Hospital Central de Maracaibo y la Capilla Santa Ana, me tomé una parte del día domingo para hacer un recorrido corto por cada uno de ellos y aunque no pude visitar su interior, parte de sus estructura externa muestra parte de su antigüedad. ![InShot_20250525_154609543.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmenbiasu1JFCe3CpQp8Mr2iKmiH8uLrsFtziZHtxxeKFz/InShot_20250525_154609543.jpg) El Hospital Central de Maracaibo o Dr. Urquinaona también en el pasado llamado Hospital de Santa Ana, es el centro asistencial con más años de antigüedad en la ciudad, su ignaguración fue en el año 1608, su arquitectura es de un estilo colonial, actualmente parte de está estructura no es utilizada pero se conserva como parte del patrimonio de nuestro estado y es una lástima que su entrada principal permanezca cerrada. ![20250518_093841.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVQzW3jWxEEyfySrBP3LHaw83aSkHxVBKGBgYthTFQJwr/20250518_093841.jpg) ![20250518_093853.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmXs9sr4zpFHMVg6EXBUmWPN2nFzAXceJ5GRmcmL7sD6fb/20250518_093853.jpg) ![20250518_094007.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYcBpNMZmCqXkG1T4E3WXJ27c5ygaTsfVVdQsThNogS9o/20250518_094007.jpg) ![20250518_094021.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmWiz8R85joEAkmqnB6WS4J1zYzL1tvKCNyRrXT5AvWVq4/20250518_094021.jpg) ![20250518_094032.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQme9Jire8VqsWLEnmngYz3Bo36sgyanoyJu1DU2rvECX53/20250518_094032.jpg) Parte de su historia se refleja en placas en su fachada, hablan de que sus fundadores fueron Don Francisco y Doña Ortiz del Basto, su última restauración y modernización fue en él año 2009 por el gobernador del momento Manuel Rosales Guerrero, actualmente el hospital cuenta con una nueva área para emergencia y consultas externas. ![20250518_093859.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUqUtAANojuot7DfZQn22kRB3B4zGyLvDwh82E9gXhnRQ/20250518_093859.jpg) ![20250518_093911.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmShhDWHcpJ5CQwh3z4Gc15dySibyGFNgUsdyhBxZ75XXo/20250518_093911.jpg) ![20250518_093922.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmPo7zzxpnbkScPmD9WdwHuENzyRx9Pi9iBLN4s6U7z1km/20250518_093922.jpg) ![20250518_093506.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmbvf5Q2F1BhUhpiECeahLeRWbNjrMyHn66QHMAhAbgu6m/20250518_093506.jpg) En una de sus paredes se refleja un poema del zuliano Idelfonso Vasquez llamado **El rayo de Luz** que dice: *"Rápido mensajero de esos mundos, que recaman y pueblan el vacío, halla estrechos los ámbitos rotundos y cabe en una gota de rocío. Es en la luna broche de diamante por Dios prendido en los nocturnos velos; en la centella, sierpe rutilante; y en el Iris corona de los cielos. En la estrella polar, fulgor que salva; caleidoscopio en el cristal del alba; feliz testigo en la nupcial alcoba. Flecha incendiaria que los nervios crispan si se dispara de amorosa tea; lampo en el oro; en el acero chispa; llama en el sol, y en el cerebro idea".* ![20250518_094256.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmcBJjzjN8astndNbfudMC8QyLnh2y6wtGA2cHA8p8PSFN/20250518_094256.jpg) ![20250518_094812.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmXZCCFahYM4V5K5mUGSMg3VYcevJin9EoKCQ6hezesudZ/20250518_094812.jpg) Justo al lado se encuentra la Capilla Santa Ana, que es una de las iglesias más antiguas de la ciudad de Maracaibo, su construcción se remonta al siglo XVII, como un anexo al Hospital Central de Maracaibo con la intención de dar consuelo o fe a los familiares de quienes se encontraban batallando por sus vidas, sus paredes fueron construidas con barro, aunque su fachada externa ha sido restaurada con el pasar de los años pero conservando sus puertas y ventanas de madera. ![20250518_093719.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUHYAW1WEp1MomsdWfhgJJJKUZ6wNJ6y7F1ot1j7Zsd2f/20250518_093719.jpg) ![20250518_093440.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmd3pug6igtdASvwRZkoy9i9sF3QpVVwvHwSiNjsWChw38/20250518_093440.jpg) ![20250518_093502.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmT8cbvbb3VntEC2CTLu5TFnBwvDRSv5t5DpC1kFFgkTxH/20250518_093502.jpg) ![20250518_093711.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmXXSrVrBiQ58voqe6S1mhaZzwEA1o9Kavn9EMKH4XDiUv/20250518_093711.jpg) Fue declarado como Monumento Historico Nacional en 1960, además en este templo el Circulo Artístico del Zulia y los Patriotas se reunían en 1812 para conspirar por la independencia de Maracaibo. ![20250518_095220.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmeSmw3K5axXa5gstC2xbeq98RfDnoHvCsvCNTXhowrTj4/20250518_095220.jpg) ![20250518_093657.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmZDQ6WUPRKH4scvyFF62LFrP41BtV6vC2NYb3JiFkM43z/20250518_093657.jpg) Hasta pronto amigos, espero disfrutarán de este viaje en el tiempo tanto como yo. ![20250518_094129.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmNgm95wcfBZSXtDC9xX8RUEvXLNfGM1kuSU5e46iRy4ja/20250518_094129.jpg) --- Fotografías tomadas con un Samsung Galaxy A35. Contenido de mi propiedad. Traducción por: [Deepl](https://www.deepl.com/es/translator) _Noalys Salas_ _2.025_
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