http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba Fri, 18 May 2012 09:20:04 GMT http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=17 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:01:58 GMT Matanzas http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=17 http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=16 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:53:01 GMT La Havana http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=16 http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=15 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:10:02 GMT
Placed in Independencia Street

In 1921 this house was remodelled and suffered changes in its facade and interior. In the middle of the 19th century the building’s value was estimated at 8000 pesos. It was presumably built in 1732 and owned by the Presbyterian Pedro Ignacio Colon and Juan Najarro Barreda but later it was owned by town councillor and mayor Francisco Dionisio y Agramonte. Juan de Argote one of the founders of the village of Santa Maria Del Puerto Del Principe, a native of Andalusia, lived in this house in the 16th century.

Its facade has neo-colonial architectural details and its interior still preserves the original wooden trusses decorated with paired braces and fretwork. It is also interesting to note that the Coat of Arms of the Recio Miranda family is found on the facade.

Today the building is used as a restaurant]]> Camaguey, Cuba http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=15 http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=14 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:08:05 GMT
In the beginning the temple had five altars and a graveyard situated between Rosary chapel and Candelaria street which was demolished and an atrium built in its place overlooking the Major Square.

From 1820 to 1875 the temple went through various changes, but later on December 10th, 1912, it was designated as a Cathedral. However, some years later an image of Christ was placed where the wooden cross and conical dome were previously located. These characteristics can only be found in Camagüey city.

The church has a monumental facade, which is crowned by a large pediment. A similar but smaller pediment is also placed above the main entrance. On either side of the entrance is a large rectangular window, which is finished with a simple semi-circular arch and garnished by four pilasters. The church tower is made up of six parts, each level is separated and finished by moulded cornices.

The right facade is enhanced in the centre by an Ionic porch on four semi-detached columns. It also has three semi-circular arches supported by pilasters closed by wooden luceta and Spanish doors.

The roof covering of the main nave is finished with Creole tiles and the sides with clay tiles. The chancel is on both sides at the end of the main nave, with bedrooms on the upper level. The choir is above the beginning of the nave, the baptistery to the right, and the staircase leading to the tower on the left.]]> Camaguey, Cuba http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=14 http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=13 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:05:41 GMT One of the blocks that makes up this space ends in the shape of the point of a diamond. This angle as used to build a porch on the large house of Teresa de Coba’s heirs, in the beginning of the 18th century.]]> Camaguey, Cuba http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=13 http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=12 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:02:13 GMT The tower on the left side of the main facade is a massive volume of five irregular parts with simple semi-circular openings, which is sustained by pillars from the third level.
A tornapunta eave runs along the length of the entire lateral facade emphasising the main entrance, this was substituted in the beginning of the 20th century by a moulding.]]> Camaguey, Cuba http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=12 http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=11 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:59:43 GMT Ignacio Agramonte y Loynaz who became Major General of the Liberating Army in the 10-year war was born in this house on December 23 1841.
The house occupies a large area and volume, forming angles with the streets Soledad y Candelaria. Its main facade has a wide Spanish door in an elliptical arch flanked by two slender pilasters with threaded moldings, bearing as its only detail the family’s Coat of Arms. The continuous balcony with wooden posts finished with wooden capitals can be found on the front and lateral facades, distinguishing the building and bestowing upon it great architectural value. The mezzanine level is marked on the outside of both facades by two detached balconies. The building’s layout is C-shaped and has balcony with wooden posts looking down unto the interior courtyard, in which we can find five tinajones, and a well with a white marble rim.
Access is gained through the zaguan to the courtyard, secondary dormitories, or to the staitway that rises to the mezzanine level that housed the servants quarters.
On the uppermost floor the magnificent woodwork of the four-sloped roof with trusses, paired struts and fretwork can be observed as well as the exquisite frieze that adorns the spacious main room which is likewise decorated with the beautiful objects of that period.
All the interior and exterior carpentry reproduces faithfully details of the period, windows with shutters and asymmetrical bars, sculpted
balusters and Spanish-style doors with smooth panels fixed by iron nails all offering security and beauty to the building.
Throughout time this house was used for different purposes, as the
family home, business establishment and Spanish consulate among other uses. On May 11, 1973 it was inaugurated as a memorial house to commemorate the centenary of the Major’s death in combat.
Because of this building’s historical and architectural importance it has been declared a national monument]]> Camaguey, Cuba http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=11 http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=10 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:57:19 GMT Since the first decade of the 18th century this piazza has been the site for the traditional celebration ot the coronation of the Black Council African Queen]]> Camaguey, Cuba http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=10 http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=9 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:50:35 GMT Burials were carried out under the main altar and in the nave. Its benefactors are buried here, along with Maria De La Trinidad Cisneros, known as La Capitana or La Coronela, due to her husband’s military rank. The latter, donated the interesting image of the Most Holy Trinity, made of precious wood, in 1792, which is found on the main altar of the church.
Previously the church had one tower on the right side, but this was demolished and later rebuilt in the centre. The tower is made up of four parts, crowned by a small semicircular dome and has semidetached pilasters. The second floor of the tower and the perfectly symmetrically facade are flanked by two large curved parapets, and in its centre there is a small elliptical hole that enhances the facade. Due to some of the structural designs, this church is said to have a slightly baroque influence, although a Cuban colonial architectural code with Mudejar influence predominates.]]> Camaguey, Cuba http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=9 http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=8 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:43:42 GMT Oriente, Cuba http://www.cafecubano.com/fotosdecuba/details.php?image_id=8