The room we occupied Abel Santamaria, second chief of the assault on the Moncada Garrison in 1953, the Hotel Rex, this city remains intact and exposed to the public two years of being remodeled this tourist facility.

That place is preserved as a place of homage to the protagonists of the armed action of July 26, but Abel spent the night there for the first time on July 9, and then from the 16th with others of the Centennial Generation.

Part number 36 shows the period furniture, pictures of martyrs who were at the Rex, leaves and accommodation bill last meal they shared before leaving for the assault, among other historical items.

Rooms 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41 are also identified with use plates that recall the morning before the Santa Ana by the Moncada because management Santiago Renato Guitart, who made reservations.

Boris Luis Santa Coloma, Jesus Montane, Manuel Saiz, Gabriel Gil Vicente Chavez, Jose Wilfredo Matheu, Horacio Matheu, Ulises Sarmiento and Manuel Suardíaz were in the adjoining Plaza de Marte property before heading to the Siboney Farm where they left on the morning of July 26.

In addition, there exhibit a copy of the invoice by the consumption of food, the evening before, with the names and signatures of Montane, Abel and Boris Luis, all participants in the historic events of 1953.

A 62-year epic, directed by Fidel Castro, installation workers cherish with love that bit of history of the country, with the honor of having sheltered the members of a beautiful generation.

Young Lisset Bouzac and Ana Laguna Victoria say they've visited the place because they felt the need to drink from the living history and its main characters.

The property boasts 25 rooms category Three Stars and belongs to Libertad-Rex Complex Gran Hotel, the Islazul chain, has a shovel restaurant, bar-cafeteria and good comfort of the rooms.

Repair in 2013 preserved architecture, skylight and tiled roofs roofs when it was opened, the March 12, 1952, in the Victoriano Garzón and Perez Carbo Avenue in this city