I was born in the City of Cabimas, Eastern Coast of Lake Maracaibo, Zulia State Venezuela I have lived and grown up in my city, well known in my country as Cinderella due to the lack of investment despite being the city that made Venezuela known to National and international level in my land where there was the first Oil Blowout called the precious Black Gold we are located in the west of the country, east coast surrounded by the beautiful Lake of Maracaibo in which we cannot enjoy bathing in it due to the contamination of the exploitation oil company; I have in my memory memories of childhood and growth in my productive region and with energy sources a town full of customs; traditions and mixture of other cultures shared by emigrants from other countries who came to the country in the oil boom.
The first architectural construction was a Catholic church in the center of the city known as the central helmet, it is the Cathedral of Cabimas, they added a 2nd column includes bell tower and stage for the musical band and its extension and internal and external ornamentation.
Cabimas Cathedral Before the Remodeling.
Naci en la Ciudad de Cabimas Costa Oriental del Lago de Maracaibo Estado Zulia Venezuela, he vivido y crecido en mi ciudad muy conocida en mi pa铆s como la cenicienta por la falta de inversi贸n a pesar de haber sido la ciudad que dio a conocer a Venezuela a nivel nacional e internacional en mi tierra donde hubo el primer Revent贸n de Petr贸leo denominado el preciado Oro Negro estamos ubicados en el occidente del pa铆s costa oriental rodeada del lago hermoso de Maracaibo en el cual no podemos disfrutar de ba帽arnos en el por la contaminaci贸n de la explotaci贸n petrolera; tengo en mi memoria recuerdos de ni帽ez y del crecimiento en mi regi贸n productiva y con fuentes energ茅ticas pueblo lleno de costumbres; tradiciones y mezcla de otras cultura compartidas de emigrantes de otros pa铆ses que vinieron al pa铆s en el boom petrolero la primera construcci贸n arquitect贸nica fue una iglesia cat贸lica en el centro del la ciudad conocido casco central se trata de la Catedral de Cabimas, le a帽adieron una 2da columna incluye campanario y estrado para la banda musical y su ampliaci贸n y ornamentaci贸n interna y externa.
Characteristic landscape of me that comes from remote time and still continues when I return from another nearby region while I was driving alone or with my family, either because of having gone shopping or taking a walk to the beach when you enter my land visualized in the waters of the lake the oil barges and drilling rigs and also near the shores of the lake or near the houses lit burning the gas that the oil drills give off from the subsoil; Furthermore, after the oil boom, imported merchandise was exported to the country from all over the neighboring countries of Colombia, Brazil and from other parts of the world, vehicles, clothes, appliances perfumes, even many foods from the United States. It was a boom time that was diminishing.
Cabimas was built with architectural constructions. It has undergone several processes since the oil era, from rural houses with zinc roofs and stilt mud walls to American-style houses in 2-story wood, colonial style. French and currently housing modern architecture of one and several levels in cement walls and cemented plate roof, residential complexes buildings with many floors, going from rural to urban, currently due to the crisis in the country many properties are available for sale or rent at low prices.
Modern Architectural Homes.
Old Houses.
Old Stilt Houses.
My beloved and innovative parents were born in another State of Venezuela and moved to this land in Cabimas in their youth, they told us that when they first came to Cabimas the sandy roads were narrow streets and there were humble and small, some with zinc roofs and others made of straw, some in stilted waters after asbestos houses that were distant from each other and stores that shipped food, there was a lot of vegetation, there were no road access, many streets did not have names assigned, my father placed it to the street of our house "El Silencio "and thus each founder, the houses were made of zinc and walls of clay, every day bagpipes and hard-working and humorous people were populated with their own music, the roads were paved with petroleum derivatives The government institutions were in charge of public works in my region and built access routes to my city as well as road distributors that facilitate the transit of vehicles and communicate with neighboring cities and allow visiting, working and commercial and service exchange.
Access Roads to My City.
In the course of time the main Plaza de Cabimas was also demolished, it was built again from its civil structure and planted with the green areas of Plaza Bolivar.
Plaza Bol铆var New Construction.
Plaza Bolivar Before the Demolition.
In addition, the population grew and it became necessary to build new commercial premises and shopping centers, with green areas with clothing stores, appliances perfumeries, Creole food fairs in the plantain patac贸n region, empanadas, exquisite cabimeras arepas and international franchises that I love McDonald's KFC, ice cream parlors, movie theaters and entertainment areas for children and a supermarket with green areas and private parking, this shopping center is one of the largest and most visited, the other shopping centers are smaller and less frequented by my countrymen.
I remember in my youth that a sports hall was required, there were only fields for the main sport of baseball; many young people from my region have been filmed or chosen by world baseball teams; A structure was built for wide sports events with a circular structure with covered metal structures, being a large-scale work, before this work we did not have a sports center for both athletes and fans, we had to travel to the City of Maracaibo to enjoy sports meetings, this was held for various categories such as: volleyball, wrestling among others, the "Domo de Cabimas" sports center was built and inaugurated.
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