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Ferrer Palace, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
JosĆ© Ferrer Sires, a wealthy Catalan living in Cienfuegos, had put every effort and part of his large fortune into the construction of the building. The work, which took only a year, was based on a design by the famous local architect Pablo Donato Carbonell, the author of works like Chalet de Valle āan elegant symbol of local eclecticism- and the majestic TomĆ”s Acea Cemetery āa replica of the Parthenon.
The seasoned designer put the artistic flavor of Catalan modernism into the two-story mansion. The first floor was destined for the storage of goods, that is why it is bare of ornaments and more than six meters high. The second floor, on the other hand, displays a feast of marble, ironwork and glazed ceramic, which, together with the high quality and good taste of the ornamentation, have given a characteristic elegance to this corner of JosĆ© MartĆ Park, the founding and administrative center of the city.
The palace crowns its roof with an elegant vantage point on its southeastern corner, which allowed the trader to āview all operationsā at the nearby harbor and also see the entry of āany possibility of increasing the contents of his plentiful coffersā into the bay.
The building is now going through a process of restoration to turn it once again into a palace, but this time it will be Cienfuegosā cultural palace.
Che Guevara or El ChƩ was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, political figure, and a leader of Cuban and international guerrillas.
After his death, Guevara became an icon of socialist revolutionary movements worldwide.
Cayo Blanco - Varadero - Cuba.
Video "ISLA SAONA 1": youtu.be/sgnWqqz_ubQ
Video "Isla SAONA - Mano Juan 2": youtu.be/ySRKbbDwYQg
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Cuban girl at the Artex music hall of Santiago de Cuba.
Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island nation Cuba.
Historically Santiago de Cuba has long been the second most important city of the island after Havana, and still remains the second largest.
A Cuban Trogon, one of the pair (male/female Trogons look the same) nesting on the property of the casa particular I was staying at in Playa Larga. They'd reliably start signing every morning right before sunrise.
Wearing All White .
Santeria .
Also known as Regina de Ochia is a syncretic religion of Caribbean origin that developed in the Spanish empire days among west African descendent's .
Ermida de Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria de la Popa - si deve salire fuori cittĆ attraverso strade povere e gente allegra. Qui i tramonti dicono siano grandiosi. Il posto ĆØ molto bello.
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Havana Cuba - I shot this image at a barber shop in 2012 and came back a year later to find that the building had collapsed.
Schoolgirl looks out on the world from a window in Trinidad, Cuba. Photos available for purchase at Wits End Photography. Follow my blog Traveling at Wits End for ways to create travel adventures everyday.
(First of three) Cuban Emeralds, Chlorostilbon ricordii, are common in Cuba. These West Indian endemics are also found in the Bahamas.
This young bird was going all in on these tubular flowers along a small town street in northwestern Cuba. The background color is from a painted wall.
April 21, 2017. San Diego de Los BaƱos, Cuba.