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The Palacio de los Capitanes Generales is the former official residence of the Spanish Empire's governors (Captains General) of Havana, Cuba, and in the Post-Colonial Period was for many time the City Hall. Located on the eastern side of the Plaza de Armas in Old Havana it is home to the Museum of the City of Havana ( Museo de la Ciudad ).
The Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) is dedicated exclusively to housing Cuban art collections. Spanning the 17th and 19th centuries, it has rooms devoted to landscape, religious subjects and the Costumbrismo narrative scenes of Cuban life. A gallery devoted to the 1970s is marked by a preponderance of Hyperrealism and the latest ...
Plaza Vieja, Havana. Coordinates: 23°8′9.88″N 82°21′0.22″W. Plaza Vieja, Havana. The Plaza Vieja ( lit. 'Old Square') is a plaza located in Old Havana, Cuba. The plaza and its surroundings are also one of the seven consejos populares (wards) of the municipality of Old Havana. [1] It has a residential population of 17,426.
e. This article lists the heads of state of Cuba from 1902 until the present day. Between 1902 and 1976 (under the 1901 and the 1940 constitutions), the role of the head of state was performed by the President of Cuba . Between 1976 and 2019 (under the 1976 Constitution ), the position of President was abolished and replaced by the President of ...
Le Corbusier began experimenting with furniture design in 1928 after seeing a model apartment designed by the architect Charlotte Perriand and inviting her to join his studio. His cousin, Pierre Jeanneret, also collaborated on many of the designs. Before the arrival of Perriand, Le Corbusier relied on ready-made furniture to furnish his ...
La Manigua o La Mujer cubana (The "Manigua" or The Cuban Woman) Enrique Díaz Quesada. Drama. 1916. El rescate de Sanguily (The Rescue of Sanguily) Enrique Díaz Quesada. Bellic drama. Duelo como en París (Duel Like in Paris) Enrique Díaz Quesada.
Cuba. Old Havana (Spanish: La Habana Vieja) is the city-center (downtown) and one of the 15 municipalities (or boroughs) forming Havana, Cuba. It has the second highest population density in the city and contains the core of the original city of Havana. The positions of the original Havana city walls are the modern boundaries of Old Havana.
The Embassy of the United States of America in Havana ( Spanish: Embajada de los Estados Unidos de América, La Habana) is the United States of America 's diplomatic mission in Cuba. On January 3, 1961, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower severed relations following the Cuban Revolution of the 1950s. [1]