The colonial architecture upholds in general the models established in the whole Viceroyalty of New Granada. The Gothic influence was hardly felt and the Renaissance inspired some façades of houses and temples. The Mudejar style took root much more strongly: cloisters, patios and temple ceilings, generally wooden and coffered, with Moorish ornamental works. In the late 16th-century of temples with three naves and arches upon columns and coffered emerge. This is the style in which Venezuela’s two oldest churches were built: the cathedral of Coro and Asunción's Parish. In the western part of the country, architraved architecture churches prevail. The oldest is that of San Juan Bautista de Corora (1630) and, contemporary with it, the cathedral of Trujillo. In civil architecture, stands out the Venezuelan traditional single-story house with grilled windows. The most important urban groups are in Coro. The Capitolio national, a work by Luciano Urdaneta and Roberto García, belong to style neoclassicist period, as well as the Palacio Federal. Subsequently, Venezuelan architecture has followed functionality criteria without quite pursuing any defined aesthetics. An exception is the university of Caracas’ campus.
