Title	Captain-general's palace
Contributor	Underwood & Underwood
Note	Printed on front: “European Publishers, Underwood & Underwood (London, Ltd.); New York & Ottawa, Kas., Works Arlington, N.J. 11134 - Beautiful Plaza and Palace, Havana, Cuba. Copyright Underwood & Underwood. U-45488”; printed on verso: "Geography - We are now in Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba and the largest city of the West Indies. It is situated on the northern coast of the island. Cities and City Life - Architecture - Havana is famous for its promenades, drives and public gardens and this is one of the prettiest and most noted of the latter. The Palace, which served as a residence for the captain-general during the Spanish rule, is the home of the city government and the residence of the president of the republic. It is a large and handsome stone structure (tinted in white and yellow), and stands on the site of the original parish church, facing the Plaza de Armas from the east. It was built in 1834 during the administration of Facon and occupies the entire block, with a main entrance of richly carved marble. It has a large patio surrounded by arcades, with grilled balconies and airy galleries; in the centre, amid a mass of shrubbery and tropical flowers, stands a well-known statue of Columbus. When Havana was built by the Spanish in 1519 this square was left as a drill ground for the soldiery. It is still used for the same purpose. Just before us, in the centre of the square, is a marble statue of Ferdinand the VII. There was a peculiar propriety in setting up here in front the Palace the effigy of the Spanish king in whose troubled rule the royal decree was issued which gave to the Captain-General of Cuba 'all the powers of the governors of cities in a state of siege.'"
Subject	Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Cuba Plaza de Armas (Havana, Cuba) Plazas -- Cuba Official residences -- Cuba
Genre	Stereographs Photographs
Coverage Temporal	1890-1899
Coverage Spatial	Havana (Cuba)
Physical Description	1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Language	eng
Repository	University of Miami. Library. Cuban Heritage Collection
Collection Title	Cuban Photograph Album Collection
Collection No.	CHC0337
Container	Box No. 18 Folder No. 2
Rights	This material is in the public domain in the United States. For additional information, please visit: http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html
Standardized Rights Statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Digital ID	chc03370000450011001
Type	Still Image
Format	image/tiff
Archive	chc03370000450011001.tif

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