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• Santiago de Cuba
• 05 / 13 / 2010

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Just about to be 495 years old on July 25, the Cuban eastern city of Santiago de Cuba is living a change of air, with several projects underway to enhance its splendour.

National Architecture Award winner Omar Lopez, one of the experts responsible for the city's conservation program, highlighted several initiatives, one of them on famous Enramada Street, where buildings are being restored or rebuilt, along with working on details of its well known pedestrians steps.

Another work included in the Master Plan is the 1900 Restaurant on San Basilio Street, the Museum of Rum and the Aquarium.

Other places just like "Callejon del Carmen", "Parque Cespedes", the Imperial and the Venus hotels, the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery and the Cathedral are part of the new restoration projects.

Just 23 years after the arrival of Christopher Colombus, this new community set up in a valley close to a bay, which encouraged trade.

Source: PL