Roberto Gonzalez
A beautiful old house
This house was built in 1522 and is the oldest in Cuba. It was the official residence of the first governor of the island restored it in the late 60s. Its Andalusian-style façade was inaugurated in 1970 as part of the Museum of Cuban History. The ground floor was used to house a chamber of commerce and where gold was melted, but the top was where Velazquez lived. Today, there are various rooms displaying furniture and decorative items dating from the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Museum visitors can also see the house of the nineteenth century neoclassical style.
