With floral offerings to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, in the room that received his ashes and to Major General Ignacio Agramonte at the base of the monument that immortalizes
Francisco Sánchez Betancourt was born on January 31st, 1827 in Puerto Príncipe. He married Concepción Agramante Boza on June 12th, 1852, with whom he had ten children: four girls and
Manuel de Quesada Loynaz was born in Puerto Príncipe on March 29th, 1833. He was a member of the secret independence organization Libertarian Society of Puerto Príncipe. His decision to
In search of someone close to this little-known man from Camagüey, to tell a better story, I found how it is repeated in popular knowledge that he was a revolutionary
On the morning of January 29th, 1812 at 6:00 in the morning in the Plaza de Armas, today Agramonte Park, the eight leaders of the Aponte rebellion in Camagüey were
The student movement in Camagüey, under the direction of its undisputed leader, Jesús Suárez Gayol, in the fight against Batista, he undertook various actions such as strikes, sabotage, demonstrations. Don’t
The last days of January are witnesses of the birth of one of the most relevant men of Camagüey in terms of culture and, at the same time, one of
José Martí had the patriots from Camagüey who had entered the Ten Years’ War under the command of El Mayor Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz. With the “threads of the conspiracy” in
The atmosphere of the place is suitable for a chat, although I prefer to remain silent and thus enjoy so much treasured history. The Railway Museum and its Historical Archives
On January 27th, 1842, Aurelia Castillo, a writer, poet, journalist, but above all a woman that undeniably worked in favor of Cuban feminism, was born in Camagüey. As a writer,
Revolutionaries can never trust the enemy. In Camagüey, a handful of revolutionaries had taken a step forward, in November 1868, to support the insurrection that broke out in the West
Unfortunately, and much to our regret, we are seeing how dogs and even cats without a home swarm through our streets that some humans have seen fit to vote to
The Office of the Historian of Camagüey city (OHCC, by its acronym in Spanish) since its beginnings incorporates in its projects the training of young people, in different specialties related
By: Oreidis Pimentel Pérez The first traces of hominids take us back to Africa and if homo sapiens populated the earth from there, millions of years later the continent spread
The 2021 Tourism Excellence Award, in its XVII edition, was given to Lic. José Rodríguez Barreras, director of the Historian’s Office of Camagüey city, within the framework of the 2022
After a prolonged time of pandemic, the comprehensive care system is resumed in the Historic Center of the city, which is led and directed by the highest authorities of the
On February 24th, the Office of the Historian of Camagüey city will be celebrating 25 years of creation, an institution whose mission is the noble work of caring for and
“The first thing for a revolutionary must be selflessness, what he does must be out of love, otherwise he loses his value.” Thus, with that lesson for life, we began
By: Oreidis Pimentel Pérez The confluence of religions or religion, said in an abstract way, also has its day since 1950 and for more similarity with more familiar dates such
El Pozo de Gracia accompanies the residents of Carmen Square since the triumph of the Revolution, when that place became a grocery store. This installation with its characteristic name is
In colonial Cuba, the situation of women, doubly oppressed by men and the prevailing social regime, was generating a more or less open capacity to challenge the established order and
No, I am not going to start a traditional story that is almost always told to children to make them sleep, no, I would like to share with you an
Intervening in a building or public space always brings with it great challenges, especially if the work must take into account the integrality and vision that a historic city requires.
The LIS Magazine was created in a familiar context during the first years of the second decade of the twentieth century for an educated, knowledgeable and above all intelligent people
On January 9th, 1915, Gonzalo de Quesada Aróstegui, the son of Camagüey parents, died in the city of Berlin. His remains remained there until August 29th, 1919. This Cuban patriot
Also known as Manuel Antonio de Varona Miranda, he was born in Sibanicú, Camagüey on January 1st, 1856. The cry of La Demajagua on October 10th, 1868 began the Ten
Five centuries seem enough to consolidate stories, customs and traditions in the imagination of a certain human community, however, contexts, dates and other events related to the first stage of
On January 5th, 1936, Álvaro Morell Álvarez was born in our city. From an early age, Álvaro’s concern and worry was seen in the face of all injustice and mistreatment
Whenever January begins, many witnesses of that entrance of Fidel to Camagüey, relive the memories of him. Looking for notes of the time, I found in the newspaper El Camagüeyano
Ernesto Lucas Ruiz was a prominent revolutionary fighter who was born on February 20th, 1907 in Camagüey, when he was only 10 years old, he began to work as a
The Municipal Ordinances of Puerto Príncipe, Cuba, came into force on January 1st, 1857. They were registered in 1856 by El Fanal printing company, under the observance of the Government
Under the pseudonym of La Peregrina, she is known as one of the most important writers of Puerto Príncipe, a representative of the Cuban romantic movement and a forerunner of
A Revolution returns triumphant and welcomes different generations but, always maintaining the same heart: freedom and social justice. 63 years after achieving a project that provided education and health for
