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,

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

On July 22nd, 1872, when the situation of the Liberation Army was still very difficult, few men, poorly armed and with scarce ammunition, faced off under the command of Major

From an early age, Brigida lived in the countryside, which does not mean that she did not have an adequate education for that reason. With the revolutionary movement of Narciso

He was born in Camagüey city on September 8th, 1917. He was always a man of great qualities with a firm and reserved character, for which he earned the esteem

Floirán Quirós Iglesias was born in our city on April 18th, 1931, he was an outstanding revolutionary fighter who fought against Batista’s tyranny. He is the son of Gilberto and

On April 10th, 1967, the Cuban internationalist fighter Jesús Suárez Gayol, a member of the July 26th Movement and one of Che’s guerrilla men in Bolivia, known as El Rubio,

Augusto Arango y Agüero was born in Puerto Príncipe on March 18th, 1830, he conspired against the colonial power from a young age and took up arms in 1851 with

The life of the Cuban doctors who stood out in the wars of independence is always of great interest, such as the case of the outstanding doctor from Camagüey Eugenio

Camagüey city became scenes of the struggle against the brutal tyranny of Fulgencio Batista, as is the case of March 2nd, 1958. A revolutionary command lead by one of the

Ana Betancourt was a Cuban patriot, born in Puerto Principe, Camagüey, on February 14th, 1832. She married Colonel Ignacio Mora de la Pera, whom she married on August 17th, 1854.

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

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

Manuel Zábalo Rodríguez, Cuban revolutionary combatant, a native of Camagüey, better known as the “Combatant of the Three Mountain Ranges”. He was born on January 30th, 1927. He was a

The Simoni Country House Museum in our city is a house that was built in 1848, and owned by one of the most progressive families in Camagüey city, the Simoni

The Heritage Classrooms is a project created by the Office of the Historian of Camagüey city (OHCC) with the aim of preserving the material and spiritual memory of the province,

On December 8th, 1956, the expeditionary of the yacht Granma Cándido González Morales was assassinated near the Toro River, East. Because of his qualities, his comrades made him the leader

«Our association was born as Martí taught us: with the new pines and the old pines forming a formidable bundle. And not the product of a willful act or for

The site known as Ceja de Bonilla, located about 27 km northwest of the city of Puerto Príncipe, on November 28th, 1868, one of the most important actions was carried

In the scene of the guerrilla struggle against the tyranny of Fulgencio Batista, the creation of the Camagüey Front responded to the objectives of reestablishing command of all the forces

Bernabé de Varona y Borrero, known from a very young age by the nickname “Bembeta”, was born on November 23rd, 1845 in Puerto Príncipe, today Camagüey. Coming from a wealthy

Sabino Pupo Milián was born in the East province in 1895, into a humble family. Since he was a child he dedicated himself to agricultural work with his brothers. In

Gregorio Benítez Pérez was one of the first from Camaguey to take up arms in November 1868 and due to his outstanding participation in the war, he reached the rank

Writing of courage and dedication in the prime of youth is not difficult when talking about Noel Fernández Pérez, who notably stood out as head of action and sabotage of

On September 4th, 1961, the José Raúl Capablanca Chess Academy opens its doors in our city, with the purpose of further promoting the development of the science game. The property

45 years ago, our Commander-in-Chief visited the province of Camagüey for the inauguration of the Máximo Gómez Báez Pre-University Vocational Institute of Exact Sciences, and in his inaugural speech he

Mario Águila Bernal was a young revolutionary who dedicated part of his life to the fight against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista from the ranks of the July 26th Movement

Manuel Boza Agramonte was born in Camagüey on August 19th, 1820, he came from a family that had a high social and economic position. After the outbreak of the Ten

When the combatants left Isla de Pinos together with our leader Fidel Castro Ruz, on May 15th, 1955 in Batabanó, Havana; Candido González Morales, Calixto Morales, Raúl García Peláez, Manuel

By: Daris Rondón Laurencio &  Yaneli Acosta Galindo On July 26th, 1953, there was an assault on the Moncada barracks, in Santiago de Cuba, and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, in

In the combat carried out in the town “24 de Miranda”, the prominent combatant Roberto Estévez Ruz, who belonged to the guerrilla movement of the rebel forces on the Second

When we speak of our martyrs is not fair to only mention their deeds, but of how they gave their lives to see their homeland free from tyranny. Luis Fernández

On May 5th, 1902, in the city hall of Puerto Príncipe, present-day Camagüey, two of its councilors defended the idea of planting the Independence tree in Mercedarian Square. Corporations and

He was born in Puerto Principe on August 19th, 1820, his parents were Manuel Boza and María de la Cruz Agramonte. They belonged to the wealthiest group of families in

On September 8th, 1917, the revolutionary Víctor Díaz Oroquieta was born on Masvidal Street No.24, whom everyone knew as Tano. His family came from a middle class since his father

There were mainly young people who did not waver then, did not hesitate; they faced with courage and dignity the tyranny that was bleeding the country dry. They went on

Enrique José Varona, was a multifaceted personality of the intellectual life of the country, he contributed his talent to fields such as literature, sociology, psychology and philosophy; being a leading

The first blood spilled on Bolivian soil, by Che’s column, was Cuban, on April 10th, 1967. Jesús Suárez Gayol, a man of complete integrity who not only gave his life

… “It impressed the shot to the temple, as a symbol of courage and military decorum, the shots of the failed execution in the rib cage, and the mark of

On January 1st, 1899, the First North American Intervention in Cuba began, and on March 24th, Major General Lope Recio Loynaz took office as Civil Governor of the Province of

On February 10th, 1878, some Cuban officials signed the Zanjón Pact with Spain, which ended the war, without recognizing the independence of Cuba. In this Pact the bases for a

On June 16th, 1900, the first elections were held in Cuba, after the end of Spanish sovereignty to elect mayors and other municipal officials. Given the impossibility of applying the

On Sunday, March 2nd, 1958, a revolutionary command, led by Noel Fernández Pérez, a 22-year-old young man and made up of Rolando and Osvaldo Marrero, Chichí Varona, José Quesada, Roberto

February 24th has a special meaning for the Cuban people, that day in 1865, Baire took up arms and began the Necessary War. Despite getting rid of the Spanish oppression,

After the events of March 13th, 1957, the attempt to execute Fulgencio Batista in his own place, the fall of José Antonio Echeverría and the persecution of young people by

On February 4, 1858, Bernabé Boza Sánchez, Brigadier General of the Liberation Army, was born in Puerto Príncipe, Camagüey province. He was the son of wealthy parents, but with pro-independence

The young student Jesús Suárez Gayol is immersed in the shocked situation produced by the assault on power and will soon stand out within the heterogeneous mass, which will place

Carmen Zayas-Bazán Hidalgo was born in Puerto Príncipe, Camagüey, on May 29th, 1853. She was the third daughter of Francisco de Zayas-Bazán y Varona and Isabel María Hidalgo y Cabanillas,

By: MsC. José Fernando Crespo Baró y  Lic. Daris Rondón Laurencio On January 2nd, 1959 from Guáimaro, one of the first guidelines issued by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz at the

The Municipal Ordinances of the city of Puerto Príncipe were approved in Havana on October 8th, 1856, by the Captain General of the Island José de la Concha, but did