The first woman who graduated from the University of Havana was Serafina Daume y Martínez, in 1879 according to the records of this High Institution.
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About architectural heritage, and more…
The most important features of modernity in the religious architecture; particularly, Catholic, show the patrimonial, technical and cultural value of buildings of different styles, preserved in Havana, since the first half of the 20th Century.
Friendly sentry of Havana
Emblematic from its height of lookout, insomniac gazing at the sea, it is the beacon of the Morro Castle which immortalizes its benefit with a lonely breath, and a necessary imprint to light up those arriving in Havana.
Almendares River, Emblematic river of Havana
Prior to the arrival of the first Spanish conquerors in “the most beautiful land that human eyes ever saw”, most of the geographic accidents of the Island had a name, given by the aborigines who lived in here.
Modesto and Margarita, a legend love
Looking for another love story found in that great Mausoleum- Necropolis of Colón- in Havana, historian-missionary María Antonia Ruiz Guzmán, told us about an emotional epitaph in a grave, where everywhere: on the cover, on the bench, on the floor and on the plate, appear beautiful messages of love.