Certainly this virtuous and simple woman, with a lot of talent, spent nearly 20 years touring European, Latin American, North American and North African stages; reaping laurels and cheers From

On September 16th, 1895 in Jimaguayú, Camagüey, the 20 delegates who prepared and proclaimed the new Constitution for the independence of Cuba met. For the first time, the term “Republic

Captain Víctor Pacheco Arias, a veteran of the War of Independence, clarinetist, composer and director of musical groups, founded the insurgent Banda Libertad de Cuba in the Third Corps of

Rafael Rodríguez Agüero, Division General of Ignacio Agramonte’s cavalry, was among the 35 horsemen who together with El Mayor rescued the then Brigadier General Julio Sanguily. When the ’95 War

Chance allowed Father Manuel Martínez Saltage to bless the act, the same person who, together with the senior nurse José Olallo Valdés – later Blessed Father Olallo – received the

Renacimiento was a Cuban Monthly and Illustrated Social Affairs magazine born in Camagüey city in the 20th century, specifically in the year 1933. Its distinctive element was that its editorial

On March 5th, at half past six in the morning, Juan Gualberto Gómez Ferrer gave in to death, who did not do so before force or the flattery of comfort

On February 24th, 1929, at four in the afternoon, in a context of patriotic celebrations, the Veterans center of Camagüey city led the inauguration of the Obelisk that challenges the

On February 10th, 1963, an active fighter for the independence of Cuba died. He reached the rank of Brigadier General for war merits. Chief of the General Staff of the

Only 10 years old and already mambí!? Bernabé Boza Sánchez was born on February 4th, 1858 in Puerto Príncipe, Camagüey. Some texts place the date in that same year, but

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

In 1916, Cruz Angulo Verdesi became the first black woman to graduate with a PhD in Medicine from the University of Havana. She defied limits, discrimination, prejudice, poverty and established

With 53 majors, more than 110 thousand graduates and 14 lines of research, the University of Camagüey Ignacio Agramonte y Loynaz (UC) leads eight innovation programs, in correspondence with the

On October 10th, 1895, the Third Corps of Camagüey was handed over to José Ma. Rodríguez (Mayía). General in Chief Máximo Gómez appointed him chief of his General Staff. José

Aniceto Recio Pedroso, mambí of the three wars of independence, was one of the 35 centaurs who on October 8th, 1871 carried out the rescue of Brigadier Julio Sanguily. He

The outstanding fencer Inés Luaces Sánchez, a Stomatology student at the University of Havana, was 21 years old when the CU-455 aircraft perversely exploded in mid-flight on October 6th, 1976.

Captain Rosa Castellanos, La Bayamesa, saved many lives as a nurse and midwife; she maintained at her expense and under her sole responsibility a blood hospital. Because of her character

Beyond a musical ensemble made up of a large number of wind and percussion instruments, the Camagüey Music Band plays distinctive roles from the musical thought. It stands out in

Several dilemmas surround The festivities of Charity in Camagüey city short short, since its shooting date appears in several bibliographies as September 14th, but the year is disputed between 1908

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

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,…

Prelate Pedro Agustín Morell de Santa Cruz y de Lora is considered the first historian of the Island. He consciously demonstrated the need to create a historical memory of Cuban

On the morning of Santa Ana, in the birthplace of Céspedes and Perucho Figueredo, a group of young people, simultaneously with the assault on the Moncada barracks in Santiago de

Julio Antonio Mella and Olivia Margarita Zaldívar (Olivín) met in the actions of the UH’s avant-garde youth. She from Camagüey, he from Havana, both law students and student leaders fell

On July 4th, 1851, Narciso López landed in Cuba. This date was also set by the Sociedad Libertadora for the general uprising. The symbolism of the independence of the Thirteen

Honor, is the perfect code of the character of Antonio Maceo Grajales. Only his merits validated him to move from the humblest position of soldier to the highest: General. Brave

This mambí reached the rank of Brigadier General for war merits. Friend and assistant to José Martí, personal assistant to General Antonio Maceo, representative to the Constituent Assembly of Jimaguayú.

The Philharmonic Society of Puerto Príncipe, today Camagüey, honored the writer Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda as a Member of Merit and on June 3rd, 1860, at the house of the

At the age of 19, she witnessed the Constituent Assembly in Guáimaro and in November 1869, together with her family, she entered the insurgent battlefields. When the Spanish troops surprised

On May 20th, 1947, the people of Camagüey unveiled the Bust of the Bronze Titan, Antonio Maceo Grajales, standing on a pedestal defined by art deco. Since then, every time

Dr. Pablo Aurelio de Valencia y Forns, a forensic doctor graduated in Spain, was chosen to examine the unarmed body of José Martí. Coincidentally, 23 years earlier, his father confronted

The Cuban currency was approved on October 29th, 1914. The Economic Defense Law, in its chapter III, provided for the creation of the national currency. The premiere of the coins

Javier de la Vega Basulto was only 17 years old in November 1868. He was born in Puerto Principe, today Camagüey on May 6th, 1851. On March 23rd, 1878 he

The Municipal Music Band broke the silence and the genuine Carrara marble shone instantly, after Father Salvador Basulto, vicar of the Bishopric and chaplain of the nursing home, blessed the

On April 19th, 1972, the Provincial Psychiatric Hospital Comandante René Vallejo Ortiz was inaugurated in Camagüey. This hospital institution was the first of its kind outside the capital of the

Among dissimilar aesthetic trends that dialogue between ballet, plastic arts, dramatic arts, the Vicentina de la Torre Academy in Camagüey stands out. This institution bases creative processes for more than

The Minerva magazine, founded on April 14th, 1928 by the journalist Serapio Páez Zamora, was an ideal platform where José del Pilar Páez Silva, Veteran of the War of Independence,

Fernando Figueredo Socarrás, joined in body and soul to the 10 Years War. He was Secretary of the Father of the Nation: Carlos Manuel de Céspedes; Chief of the General

The Apostle, José Martí, pointed out: On April 10th, there was a meeting in Guáimaro to unite the two divisions of the Center and the East. That had taken the

Juan Torres Lasqueti, (1816-1900) risked his life in his work as a communicator, courier or liaison, in the Ten Years’ War (1868-1878). He also distinguished himself for his trade of

Combatant of the three Wars of Independence. On March 26th, 1855, Braulio Peña de la Cruz was born in Puerto Príncipe, although it is also said that he was born

A few days after the glorious call of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes at La Demajagua sugar mill, the family of Mariana Grajales was placed in the vortex of the libertarian

In 1736, the first apothecary or pharmacy was established in Puerto Príncipe. Its owner was called Francisco Casado, as the record says. After the secularization of the Royal and Pontifical

The Editorial Board of the Renacimiento magazine was made up of young people with high-flying cultural and patriotic concerns. They were children of veterans of the wars of independence, social

The automobile industry needed a road infrastructure; one of the first works started on May 20th, 1927 was the construction of the Central Highway, which was completed on February 24th,

El Derecho was a four-page gazette-sized newspaper that, in the context of the journalistic system of Camagüey, distinguished itself for its essentially political purpose, and within that code it aimed

Total consternation was the halo that crowned the night of February 28th, 1914 before the departure of one of the most representative figures of Cuban and Latin American democratic thought:

The chosen date of February 24th for the inauguration of the sculptural monument was a wise choice. El Grito de Yara and el Grito de Baire merged. The bronze image

The popular conga known as La Chambelona, also called the Liberal Anthem, was introduced by the followers of the Liberal Party in the 1916 political campaign led by José Miguel