Havana bedecked itself in splendours thanks to the sudden fortune that the Great War, alas, brought for Cuba: the $50 million Capitol, the Prado with its superb copper-inlaid pavement ...
View of Havana, the Prado and the Capitol, 1939.
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The cathedral, in 1939.
Above the splendid Prado promenade, the two rows of Ficus benjamina join their sturdy branches and offer their dense shade to the busy, colourful crowd that fills it at all times.
On the Prado, in 1939.
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Photo: C?cile Fugulin, JBM
The same spot today!
In the shade of the cathedral, Marie-Victorin and his sisters near the plaque donated by Camillien Houde to commemorate Pierre Lemoyne d?Iberville, who died in Havana.
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Photo: C?cile Fugulin, JBM
The plaque can still be seen on one of the cathedral walls.
Under the Cuban Sun with Marie-Victorin [Jardin botanique de Montréal]
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