CUBA ARCHITECTURE
Spanish colonial architecture abounds in Cuban cities like Havana, Trinidad, and Camaguey. The open courtyards and arcades were designed to allow in the maximum amount of sunlight, while providing covered areas sheltered from the rain. In the early 20th century, official buildings were often constructed following solid neoclassical models intended to impress and even overwhelm.
Cuba's modern architecture is more functional, as exemplified by the prefabricated apartment blocks, hospitals, and schools built after the 1959 revolution. The Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana's southwestern suburbs was built immediately after the revolution on the site of the former Havana Country Club. When wealthy Cubans once came to sip cocktails or play golf, a thousand students currently study music, theater, dance, and art.
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