Santiago de Cuba Casa de Diego Velázquez Oldest House in Cuba - Sol Rio de Luna y Mares
Channel: Lucia Turok
Date: 2015-06-21

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Visit of Casa de Diego Velázquez, the Oldest House in Cuba during our trip to Saniago de Cuba.

It is really nice museum in the heart of Santiago de Cuba.

The oldest house still standing in Cuba, this arresting early colonial abode dating from 1522 was the official residence of the island's first governor. Restored in the late 1960s, the Andalusian-style facade with fine, wooden lattice windows was inaugurated in 1970 as the Museo de Ambiente Histórico Cubano .

The ground floor was originally a trading house and gold foundry, while the upstairs was where Velázquez lived. Today, rooms display period furnishings and decoration from the 16th to 19th centuries. Check the two-way screens, where you could look out without being observed: a Turkish influence (Turkey had a big influence on European style at this time). Visitors are also taken through an adjacent 19th-century neoclassical house.

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