Personalities
Tomas Romay
Deceased in Havana on March 30, 1849, when he was 84 years old, the scientist Tomas Romay was the introducer of the vaccine in Cuba and is also cataloged as the forerunner of the development of science in our country. He also stood out for his contributions to the teaching of medicine. He introduced the anatomy studies in the corpse and the clin
Rene Portocarrero
Born in Havana, in the Cerro neighborhood, on February 24, 1912 Rene Portocarrero, he became one of the most important painters of Cuba in the twentieth century.
From the stage of his childhood and adolescence he showed his vocation for painting, which for him was always something as natural as breathing and living.
Such meaning he
Rafael Maria de Mendive
Rafael Maria de Mendive was an eminent teacher who greatly influenced the patriotic formation of Jose Marti.
In March 1865, Marti began studying at the School of Primary Men's Higher Education, and there he met and struck up a great friendship with his director Rafael Maria de Mendive, who had been born in Havana on October 24, 1821.<
Mariano Rodriguez
Qualified as the painter of the roosters, Mariano Rodriguez was one of the founders of the painting school of Havana and one of the most prestigious Cuban creators in this regard. He died in Havana on May 26, 1990.
He worked incessantly in the search for new forms of expression to translate, from a universal perspective, the Cuban school.
Luis Ayestaran Moliner
After being captured on his return to Cuba from a revolutionary mission that had been entrusted to him abroad, Colonel of the Liberation Army Luis Ayestaran Moliner was tried and condemned to death. Its execution took place in Havana on September 24, 1870.
Moliner was born in Havana on April 16, 1846. He studied at El Salvador and graduat














