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El Capitolio de la Habana / [edición : Javier Dueñas Oquedo].
Fine Arts Library NA804.H3 C37 2021
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Capitolio (Havana, Cuba).
- Architecture--Cuba--Havana--History.
- Architecture.
- Havana (Cuba)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Havana (Cuba).
- Physical Description:
- 90 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Primera edición.
- Place of Publication:
- La Habana : Citmatel, 2021.
- Language Note:
- In Spanish.
- Summary:
- The Capitolio Nacional (National Capitol of Cuba) was commissioned by Cuban president Gerardo Machado and built from 1926 to 1929 under the direction of Eugenio Rayneri Piedra. The emblematic building served as the seat of the Cuban government until the Cuban Revolution nearly three decades after its construction. The building boasts a large dome that dominates the Havana skyline, drawing comparisons to the United States Capitol. Inside lies the third largest indoor statue in the world, the magnificent La Estatua de la República that stands 49.5 feet (15 meters) tall, sculpted and designed by Italian contemporary artist Angelo Zanelli. Some of El Capitano's most prized possessions include the historic gallery known as the Salón de los Pasos Perdidos, where a 25-carat diamond that marks the city center, in what is now the headquarters of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. The book is a virtual tour of this jewel of Cuban architecture and also combines the history of its origins, architectural and decorative styles used in its construction, aspects of ornamentation, the meaning of sculptural works located there, as well as similar buildings in the world and more.
- The Capitolio Nacional (National Capitol of Cuba) was commissioned by Cuban president Gerardo Machado and built from 1926 to 1929 under the direction of Eugenio Rayneri Piedra. The emblematic building served as the seat of the Cuban government until the Cuban Revolution nearly three decades after its construction. The building boasts a large dome that dominates the Havana skyline, drawing comparisons to the United States Capitol. Inside lies the third largest indoor statue in the world, the magnificent La Estatua de la República that stands 49.5 feet (15 meters) tall, sculpted and designed by Italian contemporary artist Angelo Zanelli. Some of El Capitano's most prized possessions include the historic gallery known as the Salón de los Pasos Perdidos, where a 25-carat diamond that marks the city center, in what is now the headquarters of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. The book is a virtual tour of this jewel of Cuban architecture and also combines the history of its origins, architectural and decorative styles used in its construction, aspects of ornamentation, the meaning of sculptural works located there, as well as similar buildings in the world and more.
- Contents:
- Presentación
- Origen antiguo, según la leyenda
- El Capitolio romano
- Esplendor a orillas del Tíber
- Destruido por el fuego
- El Capitolio romano de hoy
- EL CAPITOLIO HABANERO II
- Origen del nombre cubano
- Los terrenos
- La estación de Villanueva
- Primeros proyectos
- Proyecto definitivo
- Esplendor en el Gran Caribe
- Por sus exteriores
- La escalinata
- El cuerpo completo
- La cúpula
- El pórtico
- Salón de Pasos Perdidos
- Salones Baire y Bolívar
- Hemiciclo Camilo Cienfuegos
- Salón y biblioteca Martí
- Escaleras del Honor
- Hemiciclo Frank País
- Salones Juárez y de los Escudos
- Brillante o diamante
- COSTO DEL CAPITOLIO
- Proyecto final
- Ornamentación y obras de arte
- Iluminación e instalación eléctrica
- Dimensiones y fecha de construcción
- OTROS DETALLES
- INTERESANTES
- La inauguración
- Materiales de construcción
- Materiales de la planta principal
- Misceláneas
- Angello Zanelli
- Metopas
- Otras metopas
- Cúpulas
- El escudo oficial de Cuba
- Recuadros del hemiciclo
- Kilómetro cero del Capitolio
- La estatua de la República.
- Presentación
- Origen antiguo, según la leyenda
- Esplendor a orillas del Tíber
- La estación de Villanueva
- La cúpula
- El pórtico
- Salón de Pasos Perdidos
- Salones Baire y Bolívar
- Salón y biblioteca Martí
- Hemiciclo Frank País
- Salones Juárez y de los Escudos
- Ornamentación y obras de arte
- Iluminación e instalación eléctrica
- Dimensiones y fecha de construcción
- La inauguración
- Materiales de construcción
- Misceláneas
- Cúpulas
- Kilómetro cero del Capitolio
- La estatua de la República.
- Notes:
- Includes glossary (pages 87-90).
- ISBN:
- 9789593150316
- 9593150315
- OCLC:
- 1361810388
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