Juan Félix Sánchez was Andean folk artist born in San Rafael de Mucuchíes, Mérida

Mérida (state)

Mérida State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Mérida.Mérida State covers a total surface area of 11,300 km² and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 843,800.- Climate and Vegetation :...

, Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

. Sánchez' talents included weaving and sculpture, and he was also the architect

Architect

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 and builder

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 of the Chapel of San Rafael de Mucuchíes dedicated to the Our Lady of Coromoto

Our Lady of Coromoto

Our Lady of Coromoto - Apparition :When the city of Guanare was founded in 1591, the Indian tribe who inhabited the region, the Cospes, fled to the north jungle. When the Roman Catholic Church began to evangelize its efforts were at first resisted...

 at El Tisure, as well as several other small chapels.

While President of the Communal Meeting of San Rafael in 1929 - 1933, he organised the installation of a turbine

Turbine

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 to provide electricity

Electricity

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to the town.

In the 1980s, he was the subject of a short film designed to "acknowledge and uncover the land, the beauty and the people of Venezuela" which received several awards.