Local attractions include Barcelona Cathedral and Casa Fuerte, a national historic monument that celebrates Venezuelan independence.

On July 5, 1811, it formally declared Venezuelan independence and established a republic.

Named after the great hero of Venezuelan independence, José Antonio Anzoátegui (1789-1819), this state has its own history.

At Carabobo on June 24, his forces decisively defeated Spanish and colonial forces, winning Venezuelan independence, although hostilities continued.

In 1815, at a key period of Bolívar's fight for Venezuelan independence, he gave the Venezuelan leader asylum and provided him with soldiers and substantial material support.

The Battle of Carabobo of 1821 is usually seen in the historiography as the culminating battle for Venezuelan independence.

Every issue included drawings of local heroes, country landscapes or battles of the Venezuelan independence, all made by López Rivas himself.

In 1813 he took up the cause of Venezuelan independence and a year later Simón Bolívar made him captain of a frigate.

Seven of them represent the seven provinces that together declared the Venezuelan independence and the eight that constitutes the emblem of the Guayana Province.

The most important was the Battle of Carabobo, fought on 24 June 1821 and considered a key battle in the struggle for Venezuelan independence.