ana_lee_smith in cuba
cuba correspondence.......
In the plaza that surrounds the Catedral de la Habana there are many elegant mansions that once housed the city's aristocrats. On the eastern edge is the early 18th-century Casa de Lombillo, the site of Cuba's first post office. This letter drop in the shape of a Greek tragedy mask grimaces from the wall outside the main door. Its inscriptions reads: "correspondencia interior y peninsular". In the old days you could drop both local and international ("peninsular" mail was being sent to the Iberian Peninsula or Spain) letters in one slot. The building is now home to an education museum.
(fodor's travel)
cuba correspondence.......
In the plaza that surrounds the Catedral de la Habana there are many elegant mansions that once housed the city's aristocrats. On the eastern edge is the early 18th-century Casa de Lombillo, the site of Cuba's first post office. This letter drop in the shape of a Greek tragedy mask grimaces from the wall outside the main door. Its inscriptions reads: "correspondencia interior y peninsular". In the old days you could drop both local and international ("peninsular" mail was being sent to the Iberian Peninsula or Spain) letters in one slot. The building is now home to an education museum.
(fodor's travel)