Baracoa, located in the easternmost region of Cuba, is a land that captivates. The idea was corroborated for centuries with the description that made both the Spanish conqueror Christopher Columbus as the chroniclers who accompanied him in the first days of travel in these areas of the island, where Velazquez years later founded the first village. Read the rest of this entry »
Contemplating on the shores of Havana seawall and continuing the slight smell of salt and sea spray in rough times, we would point out that the costs and the peculiar-shaped bay of the capital stock of the island played a decisive in the emergence of a the most beautiful cities of the continent, where every day weaving their legends and dreams hatched over two million human beings.
When was the village of San Cristobal de La Havana in 1514 he was one of the seven sites created between 1511 and 1515 by Spanish governor strategy Diego Velazquez to start the process of colonization of the island This should provide an environment favorable to agricultural production and livestock, drinking water and have to have at least ten neighbors willing to settle in the place.
One fact, however, sets this quarter villa in the rest of their peers. An active and regular trade began to develop between the metropolis and the New World become a real source of wealth provider. The island of Cuba was in the center of the new shipping route, which is why it was called outer wall of the West Indies and Key to the New World.
Much of the remarkable boom town acquired by San Cristobal de La Havana since its founding in the sixteenth century is due to the bounties of nature. The Gulf Stream bathes its coasts. She drove in a natural way to ships on their journey to Europe which determined the concentration of the fleet in this advantageous bay. With the increase of navigation Havana turned-official city so in 1592, was becoming a crossroads of race and culture, destination, and transit shelter for many people from other latitudes. Read the rest of this entry »
You can say without doubt that all the habaneros and even many residents of other provinces of Cuba, have the Malecon in Havana as his favorite place. Stay on this site allows them to escape the summer heat that characterizes the largest of the Antilles, come to enjoy the freshness that brings the sea or simply spend some time outdoors. Read the rest of this entry »
