The summer of 2022 was a real challenge for the Office of the Historian of Camagüey city and its desire to maintain the grid of activities that characterize the institution
One of the busiest weeks of Audiovisuales Príncipe this summer was undoubtedly from August 15th to 19th. The children and adolescents of the “Communicating Heritage” workshop not only took our
If you leave the city in the heading to the Eastern region, near the checkpoint there is an obelisk that tells the little-known story of a young man from Camagüey.
As I have already mentioned on other occasions, my visits to different institutions, historical and patrimonial places, are frequent, since I do it with my second year students of the
Just a few months ago I felt one of the strongest emotions of recent times, when I had the opportunity to attend our largest coliseum, the Main Theater, to enjoy
The broken plate shape that has the layout of Camagüey’s streets causes the city to be full of alleys and small streets, just a few blocks long. One of them
In the first months of 1959, the unitary process of the Cuban female sector was carried out; since several such organizations existed at the time of the triumph; while others
From the very beginning of its foundation, on August 22nd, 1961, the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC, by its acronym in Spanish), became one of the
By: Karen María Hernández Rodríguez The aborigines in Cuba used tobacco and other hallucinogenic substances for religious reasons, healing functions and inhalation. With the arrival of the Spaniards on the
Photography allows us to travel to the past and know what a certain environment was like at the moment the snapshot was taken. Camagüey is a city that can awaken
Photography is a phenomenon that since the 1930s has gained in popularity. Cuba was one of the first nations to enter the world of snapshots. Barely a year after Louis
By: María Isabel Carmenate Bringa & Nélida López Avila Current trends to resolve the old urban transport-pedestrian conflict point to developmentalist models that tend to give priority to the automobile,
On August 17th, 1870, Pedro (Perucho) Figueredo Cisneros, the author of La Bayamesa, our National Anthem, was shot in Santiago de Cuba by Spanish forces. Arrest Weak and ill with
There is a trade as old as its own guild, because with the railroad and its arrival in Camagüey in 1837, the gatekeeper or crossing guard emerged. This work continues
On Sunday, August 14th, 1881, a thin man of short stature, with a wide forehead and sweet face, adorned with ample sideburns, attended mass very early in the Belén chapel,
Joaquín Agüero Agüero, belonged to one of the most important families in Camagüey, with solid parental relationships that distinguished them from the first anti-colonial manifestations. The historian Elda Cento Gómez
By: Yahima Milanés Santander In 2021, the Strategy of the Cooperation and International Relations Group for the management of projects and financing was approved by the Board of Directors of
Every morning Landy goes out in his car to look for food for his three lions, the 5-year-old felines were born in captivity in the Camagüey zoo and since they
It is the radio, even with new inventions due to technological development, an unconditional friend. At home, at work or thanks to the comfort of headphones while doing any task;
The presence of bicycles, pedicabs, mopeds and other types of transport that carry out maneuvers of all kinds when they travel in the opposite direction to vehicular traffic is already
The death of a person is always an opportunity to remember her life, and if she is one of the most notable female writers in Camagüey, the cradle of Cuban
With no shoes, no coaches, no training schedule, no snatch techniques… and with a lot of stomach discomfort, Cuban Rafael Fortún Chacón made a pact with speed and courage to
Since 2007, the International Beer Day is celebrated every first Friday of August. This drink, whose origin dates back to approximately 4000 BC, is currently very popular in almost the
Henry Reeve was born and raised in Brooklyn (New York), on April 4, 1850, his father was a Protestant clergyman named Alexander Reeve and his mother Maddie Carrol; they formed
Summary of the descriptive memory of the Designer Arq Humberto Delgado Independencia Street is the old Candelaria. The dedication of La Candelaria has an essential place in the cultural history
Here I must say that I studied high school, along with my brother Francisco (a little over a year younger than me) at the night academy of Professor Tomás Vélez,…
The bells of Our Lady of Solitude ring very early, announcing the union of Amalia Simoni and Ignacio Agramonte, we go back to August 1st, 1868, there are 2 months
