Casa de Diego Velázquez
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Casa de Diego Velázquez is a historic colonial-era house museum in Santiago de Cuba, renowned as one of the oldest surviving residential buildings in the Americas and a prime example of early Spanish architecture in the Caribbean.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balcón de Velázquez | 1 |
| Casa de Diego Velázquez canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial-era building
ⓘ
historic house museum ⓘ museum in Cuba ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Mudéjar architecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Santiago de Cuba
ⓘ
Historic house museums in Cuba ⓘ Spanish colonial architecture in Cuba ⓘ |
| collection |
colonial-era furniture
ⓘ
decorative arts ⓘ historical artifacts from colonial Cuba ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Cuba ⓘ |
| floorCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
arcaded galleries
ⓘ
decorative wooden ceilings ⓘ interior courtyard ⓘ museum exhibition rooms ⓘ wooden balconies ⓘ |
| hasView | Parque Céspedes in Santiago de Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Monument of Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected historic monument ⓘ |
| inception | early 16th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Santiago de Cuba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santiago de Cuba Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| material |
stone
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Cuban cultural heritage authorities ⓘ |
| originalUse |
official residence of the Spanish governor of Cuba
ⓘ
residential house ⓘ |
| partOf | historic center of Santiago de Cuba ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the best-preserved examples of early Spanish architecture in the Caribbean
ⓘ
one of the oldest surviving residential buildings in the Americas ⓘ |
| significantEvent | conversion into a museum in the 20th century ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| use | museum ⓘ |
| visitorAttractionType | cultural tourism site ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Balcón de Velázquez