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The Albear Aqueduc was selected by the National Union of Architects and Construction Engineers of Cuba, UNAICC, as one of the Seven Wonders of Engineering in Cuba. In view of its heritage values, on January 9 of 2009, in commemoration of the 193 anniversary of birth of Albear, the Historic Aqueduct System from the city of Havana, which includes ...
On the top floor the rooms of the governor's residence are preserved with much of the original furniture and decoration. The Hall of Heroic Cuba contains important objects from the wars of independence and many flags of national significance including the flag of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, the "Father of the Homeland" (Padre de la Patria).
Fernando Ramón Martínez Heredia (21 January 1939 – 12 June 2017) was a prominent Cuban revolutionary thinker and politician. Martínez was a founding member of the Cuban Communist Party, and as a member of the July 26 Movement, he took part in the Revolution which overthrow the Batista dictatorship.
Ballet Nacional de Cuba performing at the Gran Teatro de La Habana Facing Havana's Central Park is the baroque Gran Teatro de La Habana , a prominent theater built in 1837. [ 125 ] It is now home of the National Ballet of Cuba and the International Ballet Festival of Havana , one of the oldest in the New World.
Havana was the sixth town founded by the Spanish on the island, called San Cristóbal de la Habana by Pánfilo de Narváez: the name combines San Cristóbal, patron saint of Havana, and Habana, of obscure origin, possibly derived from Habaguanex, a Native American chief who controlled that area, as mentioned by Diego Velasquez in his report to ...
As a musicologist he published several books which included Del Canto y el Tiempo (1974), where he proposed a subdivision in “generic complexes” to study the musical styles in Cuba. [4] María Teresa Linares conducted extensive investigation on several areas of Cuban music history and published numerous books and articles.
Fototeca de Cuba. Havana, Cuba 1992; El paso del tiempo, proyectos naturalezas conjuradas. ... Collateral XI Bienal de la Habana, Cuba. 2011 50 en los 50. La Acacia ...
He led the battles at Babiney-Colorado on September 5, 1906, and El Wajay on September 14, 1906, where he was wounded by a machete to the head. [1] Two days later, on the 16th, he was officially proclaimed with the rank of Major General. [3] He served as Cuba's ambassador to Mexico from 1908 to 1911.