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Cuba, 400 Years of Architectural Heritage
by Rachel Carley • Andrea Brizzi (Photographer)
- ART & ARCHITECTURE
- 2000
- PAPER
- 224 PAGES
- OUT OF PRINT
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A sweeping survey of the island's architecture, featuring three hundred gorgeous color photographs. The book starts with an essay on what defines Cuban style, and moves in chronological order, from the colonial period to the post-revolutionary. It covers the well known treasures of Havana and the more obscure, such as the circular prison (modeled after one in Illinois) with the guard tower in the center, where Castro was held in the early '50s. The text is both incisive and very accessible.
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by Julio Cesar Perez Hernandez
- CULTURAL PORTRAIT
- 2011
- HARD COVER
- 240 PAGES
This handsome book showcases the diverse architecture of Havana, from modernist masterpieces to splendid baroque palaces and traditional businesses such as the Partagas cigar factory, one of Havana's oldest and finest. With expert writing by Hernandez and rich color photographs by Gianni Basso. (CBA102, $29.99)
Havana, History and Architecture of a Romantic City
by Maria Luisa Lobo Montalvo | Hugh Thomas
- ART & ARCHITECTURE
- 2009
- HARD COVER
- 320 PAGES
This magnificent history of Havana, featuring 480 color illustrations, shows the city and its growth from Spanish colony to independence. (CBA46, $85.00)
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