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Only in the mid-19th century did there develop a small Italian community in Cuba: they were mostly people of culture, architects, engineers, painters and artists and their families. They were called to Cuba to work in the development of the churches, monuments and government buildings in Havana. In 1884 these first Italian Cubans (who were ...
Cubavisión International (Spanish: Cubavisión Internacional) is a Cuban free-to-air television channel run by Cuba's national broadcaster, Cuban Institute of Radio and Television. It serves as the worldwide arm of the domestic Cubavisión network.
The Sans Souci was a nightclub within a natural environment and located seven miles outside of Havana. It had a restaurant and floor shows nightly that attracted a great number of tourists.
After his father died in 1954, he became the head in Tampa and took over his father's interests in Cuba. [9] Tropicana present-day. Trafficante moved to Cuba in 1955, where he came into contact with Batista and Meyer Lansky.
Radio Reloj (Spanish for Radio Clock) is a government-owned Spanish-language radio station in Cuba.It carries an all-news format and is based in Havana.. The station is noted for the sound of a ticking clock in the background, with its hosts announcing the time, every minute of broadcast.
The Karl Marx Theatre (Spanish: Teatro Karl Marx) is a theatre in Havana, Cuba. [1] It was originally known as the Teatro Blanquita, owned and built by Alfredo Hornedo, renamed to the Teatro Charles Chaplin following the Cuban Revolution of 1959, and finally received its current name in 1975.
During these years of the Bishop of Espada, the eminent priest Félix Varela y Morales studied at the Seminary, who was one of the first to perceive and teach to see Cuba as a nation, and representative of the Island of Cuba in the General Courts of Spain in 1821, where he advocated for the just causes of Cuba and demanded freedom for the slaves.
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).