Cuba - 2020

Masonic symbols on the roof, see PiP's for more details

José Martí inside the Freemason building in Havana - The security man forbid to go any further ;-) - see PiP's

Just beneath the Masonic building begins the Avenida Simon Bolivar ("Reina"), which contains also several beautiful old buildings. It's the next street we walk down. To the right is the catholic temple Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, which was built between 1914 and 1923.

La Habana / Reina - Art déco jewels everywhere....I can't get enough of it ;-)

Edificio Colonial (1930), Calle Reina no. 315 - La Habana

"Cine Cuba", a long gone cinema with 900 seats in Calle Reina - La Habana. In Havana, the cinema Cuba was the first to open and was considered one of the most elegant at the time. With its early 1900 facade in white granite, it's very stunning. The insignia "CUBA" was added in the 1950s. The inside is beautiful, and you can see clearly the first floor which had seating and the second floor, which held the projection room. It's now used as a laboratory for wood reportedly, but obviously it looks abandoned.

Facade in "Calle Reina" - La Habana The building "El Cetro de Oro" ("The golden scepter") shows elements of Art nouveau and was built in 1910. Architect was Eugenio Dediot.

The former "Reina cinema" with 1570 seats is now the headquarters of the famous salsa dancer and teacher Tony Menéndez and his Dance Company. Actually it looks quite abandoned.