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1723
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela

The Central University of Venezuela (or Universidad Central de Venezuela, UCV) is a public university of Venezuela located in Caracas. It is widely held to be the highest ranking institution in the country, and it also ranks 18th in Latin America.
Founded in 1721, it is the oldest university in Venezuela and one of the oldest in the Western Hemisphere .

The main university campus, Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, was designed by architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva and it is considered a masterpiece of urban planning and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.

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