Humboldt Hotel
Hotel in Venezuela
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Humboldt Hotel[1][2] (Spanish: Hotel Humboldt) is a hotel located at the summit of Cerro Ávila in the city of Caracas, Venezuela. It was built between May and November 1956. The hotel is named after the German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, who, in addition to undertaking numerous expeditions across Venezuela, explored the mountains and recorded his observations in writing.[3][4]
Description
The hotel was part of a plan to connect Caracas with the coast through a tourism and recreation complex that utilized the cable car as a means of transportation. The building stands at an elevation of 2,140 meters above sea level; its architecture features a cylindrical tower offering a 360° view. Standing 59.50 meters tall, it has 14 floors housing 70 suite-style rooms that offer an excellent view of the city. The building featured a dining room, an observation deck, and attached structures housing the hotel’s social areas: lounges, a living room, administrative offices, restrooms, and an indoor pool, as well as a private cable car for the exclusive use of hotel guests and their visitors. The glass and aluminum façade was used to help heat the building; it also allowed for routine cleaning maintenance to be performed from the inside through tilting windows.[5]
