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“...charming statue of an Indian maiden emblematic of
Havana, which was the gift of Count de Villanueva,
the former owner of the property. From Parque
Fraternidad the Prado, or Paseo de Marti, a leafy
boulevard of laurel trees, extends to the Malecon or
sea-wall. In the Central Park is a statue of José
Marti (1853-1895), one of the prime movers in the
revolution of 1895, by the Cuban sculptor, Villalta
de Saavedra.
Facing Central Park are the handsome Capitol with
a stately white dome, the florid Teatro Central, which
can accommodate an audience of 3,000 and, the Centro
Asturiano Club-house....”
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“...430 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
At the lower end of the Avenida is a substantial group I
of Government Buildings, at the back of which is the I
handsome Teatro Nacional, certainly one of the finest j
buildings of the kind in this part of the world. The I
palatial Union Club, where the Prince of Wales was I
entertained at a Ball on March 31st, 1920, overlooks the I
harbour and bay.
The Malecon, or sea-wall, is a popular and fashionable I
promenade. To the west of it is another Malecon—
that of Las Bovedas, under which are the old prisons. I
The view from these sea-walls of the Pacific—which, I
strange though it may seem to some expectant tourists, I
does not differ in appearance from the Atlantic—is very |
attractive. The islands in the bay are those óf Naos, I
Flamenco, and Culebera, which have now been fortified I
by the United States, and Perico and the larger island of I
Taboga, which can be visited. These islands are believed I
to have been the outlets of the prehistoric volcano...”
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