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This gunsmith’s shop, founded in 1934 under the name of Gunsmith Company of Cuba, was attacked on April 9, 1958 by members of the July 26 Movement led by Fidel Castro as part of the actions to overthrow Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship. The operation failed and four young men who participated i... More» |
Domestic buildings
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Museum Gunsmith’s Shop 9th of April
African Museum
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It is located in an old colonial palace in Old Havana, and it was inaugurated in 1986. It holds valuable collections from 38 countries of this continent. It is enriched with the important Afro- Cuban collection of the researcher Don Fernando Ortiz and the African Collection of the President Fidel Ca... More» |
The House of the Arabians
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The huge old house hosting this museum, placed in the very heart of the ancient part of Havana, is the materialization of the Moorish spirit that influenced with strength the Cuban architecture since the18th century. The arches of red bricks, the shape of the ceilings and their galleries, the ample... More» |
House of the Alderman Arrate
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In this house lived the alderman of Havana don José Martín Félix de Arrate (1701-1764). He held this post as an heirloom through his mother doña Juana María Mateo de Acosta, who belonged to an old family traditionally linked to local government. This native of Havana has been remembered by post... More» |
Martin Arostegui House
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In this house was founded the Architects College of Havana in 1916, it is probably the most valuable house of Tacon street. The L plant is developed as it was usual around a central courtyard to what it can be accessed through a gallery next to the hallway. The façade of great simplicity ends ... More» |
The Franchi Alfaro House
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The perimeter of Plaza Vieja, originally known as Nueva, was totally constituted in the 18th Century by a collection of houses of great homogeneity and excellence. All them were two-story houses, the first floor, with an arcades portal of later date to the original construction and the upper floor w... More» |
Marquees de Arcos House
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The construction of this magnificent mansion it is thought to have been commissioned by the treasurer of the Royal Treasury in Havana, Diego Peñalver Calvo (1700 – 1771), who lived in it with his son, Ignacio Peñalver y Cárdenas (1736 – 1804), General Treasurer of the Army and of the Royal Ex... More» |
House of Casa Lombillo Count
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Doña María Luisa Peñalver y Navarrete lived in this house until her dying day in 1792. She was the daughter of the General Treasurer of the Army and of the Royal Exchequer of Havana, the Marquis of Arcos. Her husband, Marshall of the Royal Army, Don Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta, belonged to one ... More» |
House of the San Juan de Jaruco Count
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This family, originally from Castilla La Nueva, went to Canary Islands and took part in its conquest. One of its members was also conqueror of Santa Marta, governor of Cartagena de Indias and founded in 1540 the city of Santa Cruz de Mopox (Mompós) in today’s Colombia. Through marriage they be... More» |
House of the Casa Barreto Count
| Only an original part of this stately home including the façades is preserved with its privileged location due to its closeness to the port of Havana. Judging by the façade with its long continuous balcony turning over the corner this must have been a special residence. It had originally a c... More» |