 edifice 
... that the edifice was the focal point for the Constitutional Convention and signing of the Declaration of Independence of Venezuela in the nineteenth century, hence known as the "cradle of independence”?
... that the <b id="mwESw"><a href="./Palacio_Municipal_de_Caracas" id="mwES0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Palacio Municipal de Caracas"> edifice </a></b> <i id="mwES4">(pictured)</i> was the focal point for the Constitutional Convention and signing of the Declaration of Independence of <a href="./Venezuela" id="mwES8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> in the nineteenth century, hence known as the "cradle of independence”?