La Blanquera

La Blanquera (Palace of the Blanco family) is a Spanish Colonial building in the city of San Carlos in Venezuela. This house was built by a wealthy family of cattle ranchers from the lands of Andalucia, Spain by the name of Blanco y Salazar during the second half of the 18th century. This house is white and has Baroque decorative features including columns with aborigines wearing feathered headgear. According to the traditional story, Don Joseph Blanco y Salazar built and used this house as a place of retirement for him and his family after the pacification of the Apure aborigines.

La Blanquera

La Blanquera (Palace of the Blanco family) is a Spanish Colonial building in the city of San Carlos in Venezuela. This house was built by a wealthy family of cattle ranchers from the lands of Andalucia, Spain by the name of Blanco y Salazar during the second half of the 18th century. This house is white and has Baroque decorative features including columns with aborigines wearing feathered headgear. According to the traditional story, Don Joseph Blanco y Salazar built and used this house as a place of retirement for him and his family after the pacification of the Apure aborigines.