We are marked by traditions and legends in a town that proudly carries the stories tattooed on the cobblestones. From the celebration of the burial of San Pedro and the
Jorgito passes like an echo every night through La Vigía neighborhood, marking the beat of the Camagüeyan conga in the months before and after the celebration of San Juan. Next
By: Karen Maria Hernandez Rodriguez The building where the Shirt Factory was used had various uses and was linked to the evolution of San Francisco Square (now José Martí Park),
That night, after facing many obstacles, I managed to get to the theater. The new play invited us to make a parenthesis in our busy days, to give us a
The arrival of television in the life of the people of Camagüey meant a milestone of modernity compared to the advances in telephony, radio, cinema and other communication devices that
Dairys Brito Sosa graduated in Civil Engineering in 2013 at the University of Camagüey, and that same year she arrived at the Office of the Historian of Camagüey city (OHCC),
In Camagüey city, the beginning of San Juan gives way to a great variety of traditions, from the characteristic congas and comparsas, to the ajiacos. However, the custom of decorating
This June 14th, if he were alive, the guerrilla Ernesto Guevara would have turned 95 years old. I have thought of him this morning, when passing by Workers’ Square and
Address: Ignacio Agramonte No.406 between República and Lope Recio Original use: Housing Construction date: 19th century Restoration: Arch. María Herminia Olivera Hdez, Ing. Teresita García García del Busto, 1987. Protection
When the years go by / and we already feel old, / the complexes / that hurt us are not worth it, / we continue to climb seats. / always
Already in 1923, a poem by Nicolás Guillén described the June storm and referred with concern to the Hatibonico River, because as he said: “its waters…already flowing and threatening.” This
The moment in which he was told that he had to cut his abundant hair was his first shock with military life. Then they finished their long nights surfing the
Walking fast in Revolution From Camagüey, Salvador Cisneros Betancourt attended his revolutionary preaching in a secret meeting held in his apartment, in New York, on November 12th, 1882. This appointment
Claudio Brindis de Salas: Baron, member of the Legion d’Honneur and musician of the German court, owner of a Stradivarius violin, arrived in Camagüey: “…because he wanted to know that
