El Capitolio

El Capitolio, or the National Capitol Building is a public edifice and one of the maximum visited web sites in Havana, capital of Cuba. The constructing turned into commissioned by Cuban president Gerardo Machado and constructed from 1926 to 1929 underneath the path of Eugenio Rayneri Piedra. It is positioned on the Paseo del Prado, Dragones, Industria, and San José streets in the exact middle of Havana. The task began on April 1926, for the duration of the Gerardo Machado administration. Construction become overseen by way of the U.S. Company of Purdy and Henderson. Prior to the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the Congress became housed within the building, the Congress was abolished and disbanded following the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and the constructing fell into disrepair.

"El Capitolio" has a size of 681 by using three hundred feet. Its design even though it is often compared to that of the USA Capitol, it isn't a duplicate of it. "It is similar to that during Washington D.C, however a meter higher, a meter wider, and a meter longer, as well as a lot richer in detail. To finish its production they needed greater than 5000 people, 3 years, 3 months and 20 days; as well as about 17 hundreds of thousands of American greenbacks". Completed in 1929, it became the tallest building in Havana till the 1950s. It homes the sector's 0.33 biggest indoor statue.