María Lionza is a large statue depicting the titular goddess, María Lionza, riding a tapir. It is located between lanes of the Francisco Fajardo freeway next to the University City campus of the Central University of Venezuela, in Caracas. The original, which is currently located in a university warehouse, was created by Alejandro Colina in 1951 to sit outside the stadium for that year's Bolivarian Games. In its place on the highway is a cast made by Silvestre Chacón in 2004; the replacement has received negative reactions, and its construction damaged the original.