El Helicoide

El Helicoide is a building in , Venezuela, owned by the Venezuelan government and used as a facility and prison for both regular and political prisoners of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service.
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  • Prison
  • …is operated by SEBIN
  • Description: Venezuelan prison and torture center
  • Address: Avenida Fuerzas Armadas, Caracas, 1040
  • Also known as
    “Sede de la Policía Nacional”
    “The Helicolide”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Caracas Contemporary Art Museum Armando Reverón and National Art Gallery.
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Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art Armando Reverón… is situated 1½ km northeast of El Helicoide.
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The also known as Gallery… is situated 1½ km northeast of El Helicoide.
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is an aerial lift, which is situated 560 metres north of El Helicoide.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caracas and 23 de Enero.
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is the capital and largest city of , in northern Venezuela, near the .
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is a parish located in the Libertador… is situated 3 km northwest of El Helicoide.
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is a neighbourhood of , Venezuela, in the municipality. is situated 5 km east of El Helicoide.

El Helicoide

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Latitude
10.4892° or 10° 29′ 21″ north
Longitude
-66.91003° or 66° 54′ 36″ west
Open location code
772MF3QQ+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 226465759
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Wiki­data ID
Q3144635

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“El Helicoide” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إلهيليكويدي”
  • Asturian: “El Helicoide”
  • Chinese: “螺旋大厦”
  • Chinese: “螺旋大廈”
  • French: “Helicoide de Caracas”
  • French: “Hélicoïde”
  • German: “El Helicoide”
  • Greek: “Ελ Ελικόιντε”
  • Indonesian: “El Helicoide”
  • Polish: “Helicoide”
  • Portuguese: “El Helicoide”
  • Russian: “Геликоид”
  • Spanish: “El Helicoide”
  • Spanish: “Helicoide”
  • Swedish: “El Helicoide”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include El Manguito station and Centro Comercial Victoria Plaza.

Nearby Places

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