Experience Centro Habana and Prado

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Standing in an area once occupied by a botanical garden and later by the capital’s first railway station, the Capitol is a loose imitation of that in Washington, DC, but is even taller – the dome was the highest point in the city until the 1950s. During Machado’s rule, the building witnessed many major historic events and, after the revolution it became the headquarters of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment.

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Experience Centro Habana and Prado

Timeline of events

1929 Gerardo Machado inaugurated the grand building.

1933 The police fired on a crowd gathered here during an anti-Machado demonstration.

1959 After the revolution, the government leaves the building.

2018 The National Assembly moves back to the building.