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The Aula Magna is an auditorium at the Central University of Venezuela. It is located within the University City of Caracas, next to the University's main library building. The hall was designed by the Venezuelan architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva in the 1940s and built by the Danish company Christiani & Nielsen from 1952–53. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in November 2000 for being artistically and architecturally significant. The most notable feature of the hall is its acoustic 'clouds', which serve both aesthetic and practical functions. They are an element of the hall's design which contributed to the science of interior space acoustics, though the building exterior is also architecturally significant.

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  • The Aula Magna is an auditorium at the Central University of Venezuela. It is located within the University City of Caracas, next to the University's main library building. The hall was designed by the Venezuelan architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva in the 1940s and built by the Danish company Christiani & Nielsen from 1952–53. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in November 2000 for being artistically and architecturally significant. The most notable feature of the hall is its acoustic 'clouds', which serve both aesthetic and practical functions. They are an element of the hall's design which contributed to the science of interior space acoustics, though the building exterior is also architecturally significant. The Aula Magna has been named the "most important auditorium" at the university. This is in part because of practicality: it is the largest capacity auditorium, being able to hold approximately 2,700 people with removable seats. However, it is also significant because of the academic, artistic, and political events which have taken place within it. Some of these events have been of great importance for the country and some have been part of historical movements. In present-day Caracas, the hall has been a site of political controversy, as well as suffering from a lack of maintenance funds. The current director of the hall is Trina Medina, with the assistant director Rosario Silva Prieto. (en)
  • El Aula Magna de la Universidad Central de Venezuela se encuentra dentro de la Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas (la cual fue declarada Patrimonio Mundial de la Humanidad el 30 de noviembre de 2000 por el Comité de Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO​) y es el auditorio más importante de esta casa de estudio debido a que es el auditorio de mayor aforo de la Ciudad Universitaria con una capacidad aproximada de 2700 personas (existen asientos removibles); siendo además el edificio principal del proyecto de Síntesis de las Artes llevado a cabo por el arquitecto Carlos Raúl Villanueva. En ella se han llevado a cabo eventos académicos, artísticos y políticos; algunos de ellos de gran importancia para el país y que han sido referencia histórica del acontecer nacional. La responsabilidad de la construcción del Aula Magna fue concedida por la compañía “Christiani & Neilsen” y el contrato para su ejecución se celebró el 28 de noviembre de 1952, el cual establecía la culminación de los trabajos estructurales para el 31 de marzo de 1953, es decir, debía concluirse la obra en solo 4 meses. Efectivamente la obra fue culminada en marzo del 53, tal y como lo había exigido el Gral. Marcos Pérez Jiménez. La sala fue bautizada y estrenada el 3 de diciembre de 1953 (en un pequeño acto eclesiástico y protocolar), pero inaugurada oficialmente el 2 de marzo de 1954 con la apertura de la X Conferencia Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y Gobierno. (es)
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  • The Aula Magna is an auditorium at the Central University of Venezuela. It is located within the University City of Caracas, next to the University's main library building. The hall was designed by the Venezuelan architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva in the 1940s and built by the Danish company Christiani & Nielsen from 1952–53. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in November 2000 for being artistically and architecturally significant. The most notable feature of the hall is its acoustic 'clouds', which serve both aesthetic and practical functions. They are an element of the hall's design which contributed to the science of interior space acoustics, though the building exterior is also architecturally significant. (en)
  • El Aula Magna de la Universidad Central de Venezuela se encuentra dentro de la Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas (la cual fue declarada Patrimonio Mundial de la Humanidad el 30 de noviembre de 2000 por el Comité de Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO​) y es el auditorio más importante de esta casa de estudio debido a que es el auditorio de mayor aforo de la Ciudad Universitaria con una capacidad aproximada de 2700 personas (existen asientos removibles); siendo además el edificio principal del proyecto de Síntesis de las Artes llevado a cabo por el arquitecto Carlos Raúl Villanueva. En ella se han llevado a cabo eventos académicos, artísticos y políticos; algunos de ellos de gran importancia para el país y que han sido referencia histórica del acontecer nacional. (es)
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