Aurelia Castillo was born on January 27th, 1842. Her family, of great social prestige in her hometown, educated her with the most liberal thought for women. She got married to
The second of the Maria (s) was the one who opened the door of their home for me. To my surprise, she had been my teacher of the subject Fundamentals
Ignacio Mora y de la Pera was a cultured, talkative man, respected and loved by everyone around him; of progressive and independentist ideas, which he expressed in newspapers such as
The Directorate of Culture, the Government and other municipal and provincial organizations and institutions are ready for the celebration; and for a long time they have made their plan, which
The chronicle that I propose to you today is the first of a series that will bring us closer to three sisters named María; three women from Camagüey who love
There are traces that not even her physical disappearance can erase. The merits, the stories and the anecdotes transcend from generation to generation; and in each one, there is the
Incorporation to the Great War His incorporation into the Ten Years’ War took place under the command of Augusto Arango, and together with him he occupied the town of Guáimaro.
Bolivarian Frasquito Agüero While a handful of brave principeños traveled between Colombia and Peru, at the time of meeting El Libertador Simón Bolívar in Venezuela, Frasquito Agüero Velazco from Camagüey
By: Denys Rodríguez Bernet Weapons are one of the oldest artifacts used by man, both for war and for hunting and sustaining food. Over time, these were perfected to the
By: Wilfredo Rodríguez Ramos The original building, with only one floor, was destroyed by a raging fire in 1925, which seemed to spoil the long-awaited homage that the city owed
One of the samples that refute the version that Camagüey is a “conservative” province, was the inauguration of the first radio station. An opportunity for the locals to learn about
By: Marisabel Almeida Torrens Within the process of managing relevant views in heritage cities, the methods of visual analysis of the landscape that seek to protect the views towards certain
El Instructor General (1821), El Lince Principeño (1821), El Patriota Principeño (1822) and El Zurriago Principeño (1823) newspapers were published at the Patriotic Printing House run by José Minueses, considered
Camagüey city is closely linked to the history of postal mail in Cuba. Various facts, as unique as they are curious, have been the subject of study for philatelics inside
If you ask about Manuel de Jesús Valdés Urra, among lovers of Homeland History -especially of the independence wars- some will remain pensive, like those who search their memory for
