Home to the Cuban National Ballet, the Great Theatre of Havana was designed by the Belgian architect Paul Belau. It served as a community-social centre for the Galician immigrants of Havana. Located in Paseo del Prado, a promenade in Havana, the Great Theatre hosts the international Ballet Festival of Havana (Festival de Ballet de La Habana) once every two years.
Years later, in 1914, the theater itself and the buildings around it were purchased to build in that location the Centro Gallego, which took up the entire block.. The construction of this center, one of the most important of its kind in the city, was commissioned to the US Company Purdy & Henderson. Inside, the old Tacón Theater was remodeled, integrating it with the new elements.
The façades of this building can only be described as magnificent. Decorated with sculptures and other stone adornments, as well as marble and bronze works. The frontage features four groups of sculptures in white marble by Giuseppe Moretti representing charity, education, music and theater.
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