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The Palacio de los Capitanes Generales is the former official residence of the Spanish Empire's governors (Captains General) of Havana, Cuba, and in the Post-Colonial Period was for many time the City Hall. Located on the eastern side of the Plaza de Armas in Old Havana it is home to the Museum of the City of Havana ( Museo de la Ciudad ). It houses exhibitions of art and historical artefacts ...
Gran Teatro de La Habana is a theater in Havana, Cuba, home to the Cuban National Ballet. It was designed by the Belgian architect Paul Belau and built by Purdy and Henderson, Engineers in 1914 at the site of the former Teatro Tacón.
Architecture[edit] The Teatro Tacón had excellent acoustics, so much so that the Gran Teatro de La Habana was built around its old hall. Architect Paul Belau and U.S. firm Purdy and Henderson, Engineers kept the original structure and built the Centro Gallego (Galician Center), a European-styled addition and renovation for the purpose of enlarging its functions as well as serving as a means ...
The Presidential Palace was designed by the Cuban architect Rodolfo Maruri and the Belgian architect Paul Belau [1] [2] who also designed the Centro Gallego, presently the Gran Teatro de La Habana. The Presidential Palace was inaugurated in 1920 by President Mario García Menocal. It remained the Presidential Palace until the Cuban Revolution of 1959. The building has Neo-Classical elements ...
Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. ... For continuation after independence see List of presidents of Cuba . See also Cuba portal List of governors of Provincia de Santiago de Cuba Timeline of Cuban history
The National Capitol of Cuba, also known as Capitolio Nacional de La Habana (National Capitol of La Habana), and often simply referred to as El Capitolio(The Capitol), is a public edifice in Havana, the capital of Cuba. The building was commissioned by Cuban president Gerardo Machado and built from 1926 to 1929 under the direction of Eugenio ...
Las relaciones internacionales de Cuba 1961-1965 ( The international relations of Cuba in 1961-1965 ), in Historia de Cuba: La Revolución 1959-1989 (History of Cuba: The Revolution 1959-1989), (La Habana: lnstituto de Historia de Cuba/Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 1999).
Personal life He was the son of Enrique Saladrigas Lunar and María Luisa Zayas y Diago. He married his wife, María de las Mercedes González-Llorente y Martínez in 1923 and they had two children, Gloria and Carlos Saladrigas y González-Llorente. He later married Esperanza Plasencia y del Peso and lastly Cusa Carrillo.