No wonder the renowned Cuban writer Cintio Vitier this elegant building described as “the hotel of the poets of the century”, as this holiday Havana can boast of having received in its luxurious rooms to international celebrities such as Marlon Brando and Errol Flynn, and while it has an impressive history behind it, in 2006 there were some renovations that have completely modernized. Read the rest of this entry »
To find out if they are true or false rumors that this site is the perfect combination between day and night, there’s room for everyone and offers unparalleled, visit the resort in Havana’s Capitol, a few miles from the center of city.
The Giraldilla is not only the emblem of the city of Havana, the Cuban funny gave name to a unique resort, which dominates among the favorites for the public who knows. And there is located the Macumba Havana nightclub known worldwide as the mecca of dance, according to the most prestigious dance orchestras of the courtyard.
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The Royal and Pontifical University of Havana, the oldest house of studies of its kind on the island, was established by the Dominicans of San Juan de Letran in 1728 and was settled for 174 years in the convent and church located in this order Old Havana. In 1842 the academic institution was secularized and expanded. In 1902 he was transferred to its present location at Hill of Arostegui, in Vedado.
Since 1920 the statue of Alma Mater chairs with arms extended the staircase of 88 steps. It is the work of Czech sculptor Mario Korbel who used his work as a model for two different Cuban. The face of the Alma Mater is a girl of 15 years, daughter of a university professor, and his body, a beautiful half-breed, older, also resident of Havana.
Another treasure of the University of Havana is the Aula Magna, founded in 1911, which is considered not only as a repository of important events of great historical significance, but also as a temple of wisdom. Along with the seven oil paintings representing the sciences and arts of the Cuban painter Armando Menocal, lie there in an urn the remains of the priest Félix Varela, who did so much to the development of thought on the island native 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 »
