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Gallery
The monumental gallery, VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
which overlooks a large, leafy
courtyard, features a collection Practical Information
of busts of illustrious figures, the Plaza de Armas, Calle Tacón, e/
work of the Italian sculptor Luigi O’Reilly y Obispo. Map 4 E2.
Pietrasanta in the early 1900s. Tel 7861 2876, 7861 5062. Open
9:30am–4pm Tue–Sun. & 8 =
Note: fee for photography applies.
Throne Room
Modelled on the large
salon in the Palacio de
Oriente in Madrid, this
room was originally built
for a Spanish monarch,
but never used. It was
restored in 1893 for the
visit of Princess Eulalia
of Bourbon.
. Salón de los Espejos
The end of Spanish rule
was proclaimed in 1899 in
this light-filled salon with
its 19th-century Venetian
mirrors, and in 1902 the
first president of the
Republic of Cuba took
office here.
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