Students from the Fine Arts Academy of Ravenna, Italy, will create a mural to celebrate the 500th anniversary of this Cuban village, confirmed the Fine Arts Council of Sancti Spiritus. The Cuban central province, declared National Monument, is also called village of the Holy Spirit, and was the fourth village founded by the Spanish in 1514. The initiative is promoted »
SANCTI SPIRITUS FOUNDATION ANNIVERSARY
Broad Constructive Program to Mark 500 Anniversary of Trinidad and Sancti Spiritus
The ambitious program conceived to commemorate the 500th foundation anniversary of the ancient Cuban villages of Trinidad and Sancti Spiritus, keeps going forward.»
Solemn Session Honors 499th Anniversary of the Holy Spirit Village
A solemn municipality session was held in Sancti Spiritus’s Principal Theater this June 4th to commemorate the 499th anniversary of the village, one of the first seven founded by Spaniards in Cuba.»
Festivities over 499th Anniversary in Cuban Fourth Village
The bells of the churches in this central Cuban city will tolled at midnight this June 3rd to give a beginning to the festivities for the 499th anniversary of the fourth Cuban village, founded in 1514.»
Preamble to Half-Millennium Celebration
With more clarification on the foundation issue than on the order it got among the first villages founded in Cuba, Sancti Spiritus will welcome its 499th anniversary next June 4th .»
Researchers Locate First Settlement of the Holy Spirit Village
Researchers have located the first settlement of the town of the Espiritu Santo (Holy Spirit), in the center of Cuba, which on June 4 will get to the 499th years of its foundation by the Spanish.»
Sancti Spiritus Readies for 499th Foundation Anniversary
The celebrations will take place from June 1st to 4th, the latter date chosen to celebrate the birth of the village whose historic center has been declared a National Monument.»
Sancti Spiritus and Trinidad’s 500th Anniversary Getting Closer
The upcoming 500th foundation anniversary of Trinidad and Sancti Spiritus, the third and fourth villages founded by Diego Velazquez in Cuba, is enough pretext for a celebration that has derived several changes in both territories.»
Restoration of Avenida de los Martires Paseo Continues (+photos)
The largest stretch of this avenue has been already restored. »
Sancti Spiritus: 498 Years Later (+photos)
It will be difficult for those who tour the city of Sancti Spiritus, in central Cuba, not to be amazed at the many traces left by Diego Velazquez, and the following “conquerors” on local institutions, streets and squares.»