20th Century Havanah: as much space as little time

Authors

  • Roberto Segre

Abstract

The paper sees La Havanah as still being the metropolis before all others of the Antilles and mentions how it was seen in colonial times as the.key to the New World and bulwark of the West Indies» and then, during the 50s as the «perverse Pompeii of the Caribbean». Consequent upon the cuban socialist revolution, its capitalist development was halted, thus making it the only latin american city with a vegetative population growth rate which led in turn to its preserving its historical heritage intact as there was next to no new building done in its heart for more than three decades. The paper is in the main concerned with the evolution of the city 's architecture and urban planning and this in the light of the «before» and «after» nature of the two halves of this century.

Published

1996-12-26

How to Cite

Segre, R. (1996). 20th Century Havanah: as much space as little time. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, (110), 713–731. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/84346

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