Capitol Havana

The room of the House Amistad 378 is exactly 110 meters from the Capitol, from the balcony of the house can see and photograph the Capitol where the hall leading to the stairs Honor. The Capitol, which is a symbol of centrality for its monumental scale, is a reference to settle in Havana City. So when you rent our house. Shall be in the center of Havana.

The Capitol after starting twice its construction, this restarts the April 1 , 1926, opens on May 20, 1929, a lavish Capitol, imitating the American, the cost according to official data of the period amounted to $ 16,640,743, 30, the building was finished in 1931 and was declared a National Monument on November 15, 2010.

Capitol Photographs

See images of this monument.

Capitol Location

Original Name: National Capitol

Address: Paseo del Prado, San Jose, Dragones and Industria

Architects: Raoul Otero Evelio Govantes, Felix Cabarrocas, Rayneri Eugenio Sorrentino, Eugenio Rayneri Stone, Mario Romañach, José María Bens, V. Luis Betancourt, Enrique Merry, Francisco Centurion, Luis Echevarria and other

Period of construction: 1911, 1914 and 1926 to 1929

Architectural style: eclectic

Height of the building: 91.73 m dome

Number of floors: 9

Plot area: 11287 m2

Architectural typology: civic building

Values: architectural and urban history

Original use: House and Senate

Current use (2023): ost the National Assembly of People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular, Parlamento cubano) and Museum.

Having opened in 1929, became the seat of the Senate and House of Representatives, then in the early sixties of the twentieth century became the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba and Science Museum and then settled the Ministry Science Technology and Environment (CITMA). From 2014 to 2019) was restored, host the National Assembly and will remain open to the public certain areas such as the Hall of Lost Steps and Library .

At the main entrance is a staircase of 55 steps to upload are two bronze statues granite pedestal, the Italian sculptor Angelo Zanelli, one male and one female, have a height of 6,70 meters and represent the work or progress of human activity and the people under guardianship, respectively.

Upon entering the building we will be moving a few steps below the dome. The Capitol Dome is seen from several places in Havana, a height of 91,73 meters. Through the central doorway arrived at the roundabout under the dome. Once there if you look both ways you see that are the two wings of the Hall of Perdidos.Se Steps highlighted in the dome of the old shields six Cuban provinces.

Brilliant 25 karat

In the center of the Hall of Lost Steps is the brilliant 25 carat needle directly under the central dome, setting the starting point of the whole system of highways, as well as the split site between the House and senate ".