The colonial house that today functions as a museum was built between 1825 and 1830 and was acquired by the Sánchez Valdivia family as a result of a purchase and sale.»
HERITAGE SANCTI SPIRITUS
Iglesia Parroquial Mayor of Sancti Spiritus Turns 340 (+photos)
This church is considered as the oldest and most important architectonic monument of Sancti Spiritus, the fourth village founded in Cuba by Spaniard Diego Velázquez»
Most Ancient House in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba
This dwelling is said to have been built only ten years after the Mayor Parochial Church.»
Miniature Sancti Spiritus
The first quadrant of the scale model showing a miniature reproduction of Sancti Spiritus, will be ready next June 4th, on occasion of the 500th foundation anniversary celebration. Roberto Vitlloch, director of the Office of Monuments and Historic Sites told Escambray that the second part of the scale model will be concluded in the remainder of the year, so as »
Hotel Business to be Fostered in Sancti Spiritus
Cuban Minister of Tourism, Manuel Marrero Cruz, expressed his satisfaction with the changes that have taken place around historic Sancti Spiritus, which will avail the inclusion of the area in the country’s main tourism circuits.»
Pueblo Viejo is the Foundational Site of Sancti Spiritus
Explorations at Pueblo Viejo —located some 6 kilometers east of Sancti Spiritus— were resumed in 2009, and later on in January 2013.»
Online Interview: What Would You Like to Know about the Half-Millennium of Sancti Spiritus?
On the eve of the 500th anniversary of its foundation, the renovated Cuban city of Sancti Spiritus readies for the celebrations to be held next June 4th, a date agreed upon for the purpose by local experts and authorities. The existing dispute between Yayabo Village and Camaguey concerning the chronological order of their respective foundation dates, the arguments over the »
Footprints in the History of Sancti Spiritus (+photos)
The daily hustle and bustle has “infected” the Yayabo village.»
Sancti Spiritus, the Most Medieval of the First Cuban Villages
The ancient Cuban village readies to celebrate its 500th anniversary.»
New Archaeological Findings in Sancti Spiritus
New structures that could be taken as the columns and façade foundations of the Franciscan church that once existed in Sancti Spiritus, were unveiled this Wednesday as part of the archeological investigation being carried out around Serafin Sanchez Park.»