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It dates back to 1684 when a Franciscan convent was built on the site but in the 19th century it served as a barracks, a hospital and a college. In 1876, under President Antonio Guzm\u00e1n Blanco, the Universidad de Caracas was moved to the building, whose former colonial fa\u00e7ade was rebuilt in the Neo-Gothic style. After the university relocated to a new campus in 1952, the building became home to the National Academies. In 1965, it was listed as a national monument.[1] The Palacio de las Academias now houses six National Academies, which are the National Academy of History, the Venezuelan Academy of Language, the Academy of Medicine, the Academy of Political and Social Sciences, the Academy of Jurisprudence, and the Academy of Physics, Mathematics and Nature.[2]Table of ContentsLocation[edit]History[edit]Architecture and fittings[edit]References[edit]Further reading[edit]Location[edit]The building is located on the corner of Avenida Universidad and La Bolsa in Caracas. It can be reached via the metro at the Capitolio\/El Silencio station.[3] The Iglesia de San Francisco (Church of San Francisco) is situated to the right and south of the building[4] and next to the palacio, having been constructed as an annex to the building when it was a convent.[3]History[edit]  The Convent of San Francisco was the first of many which were built in the valleys of Caracas.[5] Founded in 1576 and built within the next ten years, it was initially under Franciscan friars until 1597 when it was transferred to the Dominicans. From 1673, laymen could study in the classrooms.[6] It was supplemented with another building at the back in 1794, which was damaged during the 1812 Caracas earthquake. By the 1820s, it was one of 40 convents in the city.[7] By 1835, the National Library was situated in the convent. Diego Bautista Urbaneja was the first director (c. 1833\u201335).[8]The building gained a new fa\u00e7ade in 1876 during the presidency of Antonio Guzm\u00e1n Blanco.  Initially the San Francisco Convent, then the Central University of Venezuela,[9][10] the building later became known as the Biblioteca or the Central Library. Since the tenure of President P\u00e9rez Jim\u00e9nez, it has been called the Palace of the Academies.[2][11]Architecture and fittings[edit]  The building, photographed c. 2007  Asamblea Nacional desde el Palacio de las AcademiasDuring refurbishing work in 1876, a south courtyard was added, the north fa\u00e7ade was extended, and the interiors were renovated. Luis Soriano and Carlos Toro Manrique were the designated architects.[12] The modifications and additions made were in Neo-Gothic style with spires above the fa\u00e7ade’s forty bays. A central clock tower was also added, rising to a height of 35 metres (115\u00a0ft).[2]The university auditorium or paraninfo, a sumptuous hall on the north side of the building measuring 32.86\u00a0m (107.8\u00a0ft) by 6.22\u00a0m (20.4\u00a0ft), was inaugurated in 1876. It is furnished with three central tables and a baroque tribune, or dais, with a “presidium” (lectern) under an elaborate velvet canopy, all in the Gothic Revival style. The room houses 21 portraits and two busts of famous figures. Among the most significant are Sim\u00f3n Bolivar by Mart\u00edn Tovar y Tovar (1875),[13]Pope Innocent XIII (artist unknown), Archbishop Francisco de Ibarra (1726\u20131806) by Jos\u00e9 de la Merced Rada (1830), Bishop Diego de Ba\u00f1os y Sotomayor (1637\u20131706) also by Merced Rada, and Philip V of Spain (author unknown). Other paintings depict figures who contributed to the development of Venezuelan culture and government: the lawyer and writer Miguel Jos\u00e9 Sanz (1756\u20131814), the Caracas-born Chilean academic Andr\u00e9s Bello L\u00f3pez (1781\u20131865), the German explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769\u20131859), the German linguist and scientist Adolf Ernst (1832\u20131899) and President Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Vargas (1786\u20131854).[1]References[edit]^ a b Dr. Leopoldo Brice\u00f1o Iragorry, junior, “El Paraninfo del Palacio de las Academias, Personajes”, Gaceta M\u00e9dica de Caracas. (in Spanish) Retrieved 21 May 2013.^ a b c “Historia:El Edificio de las Academias” (in Spanish). Acienpol Organization. Retrieved 21 May 2013.^ a b Kohn, Beth (2007). Lonely Planet Venezuela. Lonely Planet. pp.\u00a059\u2013. ISBN\u00a0978-1-74104-545-1. Retrieved 22 May 2013.^ Young, Leni; Bauman, Janice (1987). Guide to Venezuela (4\u00a0ed.). ISBN\u00a09789802160228.^ Nichols, Elizabeth Gackstetter; Morse, Kimberly J.. (2010). Venezuela. ABC-CLIO. pp.\u00a0445\u2013. ISBN\u00a0978-1-59884-569-3. Retrieved 22 May 2013.^ Feingold, Mordechai.; Brot\u00f3ns, V\u00edctor Navarro (2006). Universities and Science in the Early Modern Period. Springer. pp.\u00a0307\u2013. ISBN\u00a0978-1-4020-3975-1. Retrieved 22 May 2013.^ Herbermann, Charles George; Pace, Edward Aloysius; Pallen, Cond\u00e9 B\u00e9noist; Thomas Joseph Shahan; John Joseph Wynne (1913). The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church (Public domain\u00a0ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia Incorporated. pp.\u00a0329\u2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.^ Stam, David H (2001). International dictionary of library histories. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. pp.\u00a0595\u2013. ISBN\u00a0978-1-57958-244-9. Retrieved 22 May 2013.^ Direcci\u00f3n de Turismo (1966). Venezuela: Caracas and the central zone. p.\u00a017.^ Battini, Mario Rugiadi (1966). Venezuela: Tourist’s Guidebook. Biney Lithographic Workshops.^ Russell Maddicks (1 February 2011). Bradt Travel Guide Venezuela. Bradt Travel Guides. pp.\u00a0107\u2013. ISBN\u00a0978-1-84162-299-6. Retrieved 22 May 2013.^ “Palacio Las Academias \u2013 Venezuela” (in Spanish). arqhys.com. Retrieved 21 May 2013.^ “Mart\u00edn Tovar y Tovar” (in Spanish). Biografiasyvidas.com. Retrieved 25 May 2013.Further reading[edit]Duarte C, Gasparini G., Historia de la Iglesia y el Convento de San Francisco de Caracas. 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