Traces of a 2021
Each year leaves traces in the soul, prepares us to travel an unknown path but possible to live. In three hundred and sixty-five days we laugh, cry, create and sigh
Sheila Barros Fals
31/12/2021
The House of Cultural Diversity is celebrating its anniversary
Before opening as the Anthropology Center, the first name that was proposed for the House of Cultural Diversity of Camagüey, there were already several young people at the top of
Jesmir Varona Socías
30/12/2021
A 2021 to remember, together with the Historian’s Office in Camagüey
By: Alejandro García Gutiérrez & Sheila Barros Fals The impact of COVID-19 was much greater in this 2021, however, that did not mean that the Office of the Historian stopped
Alejandro García Gutiérrez
29/12/2021
Manuel Zábalo Rodríguez, the “Combatant of the Three Mountain Ranges”
Manuel Zábalo Rodríguez, Cuban revolutionary combatant, a native of Camagüey, better known as the “Combatant of the Three Mountain Ranges”. He was born on January 30th, 1927. He was a
Daris Rondón Laurencio
28/12/2021
Concerts around the city return to the rhythm of rumba
By: Yusarys Benito Deliano & Alejandro García Gutiérrez It is customary that the Carmen Square changes it silence for a night of music, and although it is not February or
Yusarys Benito Deliano
27/12/2021
Victory March
As a sign of the revolutionary fervor, the people of Camagüey, a faithful heir to the values and courage of Agramonte; dressed the Revolution Square in colors. The workers of
Grupo de Divulgación OHCC
27/12/2021
Jimaguayú pastureland, a site of indisputable historical value
Among the historical sites that, due to their values, hold the category of National Monument in Camagüey province, Jimaguayú pastureland stands out, where Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz fell in combat and
Yeni Yeisi Adán Castaños
25/12/2021
In Camagüey: a heated December
The month of December takes the revolutionary fighter Antonio Fontes Carbajo to remember the year 1956, he remembers how this city supported with various actions the uprising of November 30th
Jesmir Varona Socías
24/12/2021
Along Agramonte’s trails
180 years ago, on the morning of December 23rd, that child who became El Mayor for the people of Camagüey was born. To commemorate the occasion, the magazine Senderos Number
Jesmir Varona Socías
23/12/2021
Ignacio Agramonte. The myth behind the Man
It was the people from Puerto Principe who built their own Agramontino myth. At a certain very singular juncture, the collective imagination, making use of its personal contours, turned it
José Fernando Crespo Baró
23/12/2021
El Mayor, from a few chords
San Juan de Dios square has become an accomplice on several occasions of a date of great importance for the history of Camagüey and Cuba in general, the birth of
Lisbel Soler Jiménez
23/12/2021
Simoni Country House, a museum to visit
The Simoni Country House Museum in our city is a house that was built in 1848, and owned by one of the most progressive families in Camagüey city, the Simoni
Daris Rondón Laurencio
22/12/2021
Studying history transmits values
The Heritage Classrooms is a project created by the Office of the Historian of Camagüey city (OHCC) with the aim of preserving the material and spiritual memory of the province,
Yaneli Acosta Galindo
22/12/2021
Camagüey: the royal coat and the national coat of arms
This characteristic seemed underlying in the first of the designs made by three Creole intellectuals of this town petitioners of regional coat, a sketch that once received by the chronicler
José Fernando Crespo Baró
22/12/2021
Story of a literacy tutor from Camagüey
I have wanted to tell this story for a long time, my uncle suggested it several times for my chronicles, but after listening to it so many times; I thought
Jesmir Varona Socías
22/12/2021
Educate to free. About Cuban Teachers’ Day
The antecedents of liberating educational practices in Camagüey in the context of the nation are long-standing. Joaquín de Agüero y Agüero (1816-1851) stands out who in 1842 founded a free
Kezia Zabrina Henry Knight
22/12/2021
Women in our independence struggles, Ana de Quesada and Loynaz
On December 22nd, 1910, one of the great women who exalted the history of our country, Ana de Quesada y de Loynaz, passed away. She was born into one of
Lisbel Soler Jiménez
21/12/2021
Goodbye 2021: Thanks for the solidarity!
Now that we are almost saying goodbye to the year, it is a good time to thank those who reached out from the solidarity manifested in this difficult period due
Yusarys Benito Deliano
20/12/2021
Joel Jover, an artist linked to the city
In our journey through the life and work of people who have carried out a large part of their work in Camagüey and with links with the Historian’s Office, we
Alejandro García Gutiérrez
17/12/2021
The Sociocultural Heritage Management and Preservation major already has its first graduates
The Sociocultural Heritage Management and Preservation major graduated 9 professionals who will have the noble mission of ensuring the safeguarding of Camagüey’s heritage. In a symbolic act at the headquarters
Sheila Barros Fals
16/12/2021
A unique finding
It turns out that, as my grandmother used to say, he who seeks, finds and that is what happened to me a few days ago, although I was not exactly
Mabel Aladro Ruíz
16/12/2021
Cuban Northern Railroad Company, a little-known story
During the 19th century, the Nuevitas-Puerto Príncipe railway company was insufficient in the Camagüey region. Faced with such circumstances, new railway projects were needed, one of them would come to
Bárbara Oliva García
14/12/2021
Work by and for the culture, an anonymous and consecrated work
By: Yusarys Benito Deliano & Alejandro García Gutiérrez Behind the summer activities, concerts around the city, artistic presentations by children, sociocultural projects, exhibitions and even in the works carried out
Alejandro García Gutiérrez
14/12/2021
Olorum Again
“There is no Saturday without sun, nor Sunday without love.” “There are two variables in the sky: the rain falls or the sun shines.” “The sun does not forget a
Mabel Aladro Ruíz
13/12/2021
A woman dedicated to the noble profession of medicine
Magalys Cordero Rodríguez is one of those women who between knowledge and good treatment earn admiration; without having seen her before. Personal issues brought me closer to the Microbiology laboratory
Sheila Barros Fals
10/12/2021
The “palace” of Tomás Pio Betancourt: A work for the people
One of the original spaces of the colonial Puerto Príncipe that has enjoyed the privilege of history is the Ermita Square and the Convent of San Francisco de Asís. It
José Fernando Crespo Baró
08/12/2021
Cándido González Morales, flawless revolutionary
On December 8th, 1956, the expeditionary of the yacht Granma Cándido González Morales was assassinated near the Toro River, East. Because of his qualities, his comrades made him the leader
Yaneli Acosta Galindo
08/12/2021
Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution
«Our association was born as Martí taught us: with the new pines and the old pines forming a formidable bundle. And not the product of a willful act or for
Daris Rondón Laurencio
07/12/2021
Antonio Maceo y Grajales: The significance of a date
When Major General Antonio Maceo y Grajales was waging a successful campaign in the easternmost part of Cuba, despite the 81,000 troops that Valeriano Weyler had concentrated to kill him,
Kezia Zabrina Henry Knight
07/12/2021
“Concha” Agramonte, a woman of proven character
The woman within the Cuban independence process occupies a very important place, because within her right context, where the female condition limited her actions, she also knew how to give
Yeni Yeisi Adán Castaños
06/12/2021
Under the look of its founders: 23rd anniversary of the Restoration Company
The City of the Waterpots since the last years of the last century, is the protagonist of a significant change in the urban landscape. Various public spaces and buildings, today
Jesmir Varona Socías
05/12/2021
Where was Carlos J. Finlay born?
Carlos J. Finlay is a personality that arouses a lot of controversy around him. First, an attempt was made to take away the authorship of him as discoverer of the
Alejandro García Gutiérrez
03/12/2021
A diet that saves lives
Roberto Morales Rodríguez is one of those people who believe that everything is possible, because his faith in life is greater than any difficulty, no matter how extreme it may
Sheila Barros Fals
02/12/2021
Chronicle with pointe shoes: Elda
The Camagüey Ballet is a dream come true for the dancer Elda María Almengor, it has been her growth and her improvement, while on that wonderful group she had her
Jesmir Varona Socías
01/12/2021
Chronicle with pointe shoes: Diego
If you are a ballet lover, when you see a shoe with ribbons, you immediately hear the music and imagine the dancers on stage, but … have you ever wondered
Jesmir Varona Socías
01/12/2021
Chronicle with pointe shoes: Rosa María
The Camagüey Ballet is a gift that today prima ballerina Rosa María Rodríguez Armengol did not expect. The 10 years of her artistic life have surprised her with many opportunities
Jesmir Varona Socías
01/12/2021
