El Capitolio, or National Capitol Building in Havana, Cuba, was the organization of government in Cuba until after the Cuban Revolution in 1959, and is now home to the Cuban Academy of Sciences. Built in 1929 patterned after the US Capital but 3 feet higher.

Fusterlandia Tile Community Art Project – Art made from old pieces of tile, part of our people to people program.

 

Example of how people lived in Havana prior to 1959.This single-family home is now an embassy. Multiple families now living in similar homes.

 

Paella for lunch at a Havana Paladar

 

US Embassy – Havana, where “sonic attacks” supposedly took place causing evacuation of most embassy employees.