Guadual

Guadual stands on the southern bank of the Arauca River, amid the seasonally flooded plains of the Orinoco basin. In 1675 Jesuit missionaries established San Lorenzo near the site, gathering Indigenous inhabitants in a mission settlement. The community later moved downstream and became known as El Guadual. The river connected the settlement with the waterways and grazing lands of the Llanos, where journeys followed both the banks and the changing waters.