Ministry of the Interior building (Havana)

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government office building modernist building

The Ministry of the Interior building in Havana is a prominent government office block best known for its iconic façade bearing the giant steel outline of revolutionary figure Che Guevara.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Che Guevara mural on Ministry of the Interior	1
Ministry of the Interior building (Havana) canonical	1
Ministry of the Interior building in Plaza de la Revolución	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government office building ⓘ modernist building ⓘ
architect	Enrique Luis Varela ⓘ
architecturalStyle	modernist ⓘ
associatedWith	Cuban Revolution leaders ⓘ Fidel Castro ⓘ
basedOnArtwork	Alberto Korda ⓘ surface form: Alberto Korda photograph of Che Guevara
category	Buildings and structures in Havana ⓘ Che Guevara monuments and memorials ⓘ Government buildings in Cuba ⓘ
city	Havana, Cuba ⓘ surface form: Havana
completionDate	1950s ⓘ
constructionStart	1950s ⓘ
country	Cuba ⓘ
depicts	Che Guevara ⓘ
designerOfFacadeArtwork	Enrique Ávila ⓘ
facadeArtworkCompletion	1993 ⓘ
facadeFeature	giant steel outline of Che Guevara ⓘ
facadeMaterial	steel ⓘ
function	administrative headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior ⓘ government offices ⓘ
governmentBody	Ministry of the Interior of Cuba ⓘ surface form: Ministry of the Interior (Cuba)
hasArtwork	Che Guevara mural ⓘ
hasNationalRelevance	yes ⓘ
hasPart	Che Guevara steel outline ⓘ
hasTouristSignificance	yes ⓘ
imageText	Hasta la victoria siempre ⓘ
locatedIn	Cuba ⓘ Havana, Cuba ⓘ surface form: Havana La Habana Province ⓘ surface form: Havana Province
location	Plaza de la Revolución ⓘ
material	reinforced concrete ⓘ
municipality	Plaza de la Revolución municipality ⓘ
near	José Martí Memorial tower ⓘ surface form: José Martí Memorial Ministry of Communications building (Havana) ⓘ National Library of Cuba José Martí ⓘ surface form: National Library of Cuba
notableFor	giant steel outline of Che Guevara on its façade ⓘ
occupant	Ministry of the Interior of Cuba ⓘ surface form: Ministry of the Interior (Cuba)
partOf	government complex at Plaza de la Revolución ⓘ
region	western Cuba ⓘ
securityRole	headquarters for internal security services ⓘ
symbolizes	Cuban Revolution ⓘ Cuban State Security ⓘ surface form: Cuban state security apparatus
touristAttractionType	political landmark ⓘ
usedFor	official ceremonies at Plaza de la Revolución ⓘ
visibleFrom	Plaza de la Revolución ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Avenida Paseo (vicinity of Plaza de la Revolución) → near → Ministry of the Interior building (Havana) ⓘ

Plaza de la Revolución municipality → hasLandmark → Ministry of the Interior building (Havana) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Che Guevara mural on Ministry of the Interior

Palace of the Revolution → nearby → Ministry of the Interior building (Havana) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of the Interior building in Plaza de la Revolución