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The four doors of the General Cemetery of Camagüey

The General Cemetery of Camagüey, colonial style, turns 210 years old today, May 3rd, since which date it has been providing obituary services uninterruptedly; Therefore, it is considered the oldest in Cuba still in operation.

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The appearant in la guanaja

Jerónimo and Ana, one day, at dawn, were walking along the seashore in La Guanaja, while eating guava. Sitting on a log they saw a crestfallen man wearing a black hat with large brims. They crossed beside him and the individual raised his head. He had a hideous face, let out a devilish laugh and disappeared.

Centenary of the beginning of nicolás guillén in pisto manchego

Perhaps the street vendors of the newspaper El Camagüeyano announced, on March 25th, 1924, that a certain Interino took over the Pisto Manchego section from that day on. Interim, it was the pseudonym that a thin mulatto with straight hair and about to turn 22 years old assumed for that space: Nicolás Guillén Batista from Camagüey.

Gilda Zaldívar Freyre, a distinguishedpersonality in thedanceworld

A love forever in the life of Jorge Navarro: journalism

THE INCREDIBLE DEFEAT OF VASCO PORCALLO DE FIGUEROA

Vasco Porcallo de Figueroa se colocó bajo uno de los árboles limítrofes con la Plaza de Armas de la Villa de Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe y aspiró el aire fresco de esa mañana de primavera. Fue a la Iglesia Parroquial Mayor a dialogar con el sacerdote Alonso de Tolosa, en torno a dominación de los indios, un empeño en el cual Vasco Porcallo era diestro y cruel en extremo. En la noche anterior soñó con la cifra 1550 y que lo sepultaban en ese templo, y le otorgó importancia a lo que consideró una premonición de su año de muerte.

Patriot and doctor: Eduardo Agramonte

The long-awaited October Celebration

A Nazi submarine sunk off Nuevitas?

A Nazi submarine was sunk about three miles from the Maternillo lighthouse, off Nuevitas Bay, in the north of the Cuban province of Camagüey. Information navigates a rough sea of contradictions. The date of the event is unknown, and references to it only point to World War II