Santiago de Cuba is joy, Caribbean and passion, because his spirit does not faint despite adversity, said today, in this city, Dr. Olga Portuondo, Historian of the City, to mark the 500th anniversary of the founding of the eastern villa.
It is demonstrated by the transformation undergone this land after the devastating Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, thanks to the hard work and optimism of the natives, who have returned to the city the splendor that has always characterized, he said.
These days, before the celebrations for the half millennium, in Santiago enthusiasm you breathe, he said, especially for the dissimilar works running to greet the date, as the Malecon(waterfront ), located in the Paseo La Alameda, which gives the visitor the splendid view of the sea and the mountains, a hallmark of our city amphitheater.
The Santiago has a very unique sense of everyday life, characterized by unity, responsibility and the ease with which assumes the challenges, however difficult they may be, Portuondo said.
This town does not stop, just go and see the carnival that compact crowd laugh and share in the streets, and the magic of this place that so many people love, national and foreign verification, he said.
Portuondo also referred to the presentation tomorrow, Book Santiago de Cuba, five centuries of history, from the work of researchers from the Offices of the Historian and Curator of the City, with the aim of promoting knowledge in the population on the values of untamed territory.