 Since 1993, the Paseo Los Próceres and the entire annex system was declared a National Historic Landmark.It was inaugurated in 1956 by President Marcos Pérez Jiménez, calling it "El Sistema de Nacionalidad" ("The System of Nationality") in honor of the independence struggles of Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.It was created to represent the Venezuelan military institution on an urban scale, it is part of the System of Nationality which is made up of several elements linked by a large road and pedestrian axis that articulates the ceremonial complex structured by the great Courtyard of Honor as a highlight and receiver of the urban axis that begins in the University City of Caracas.