The Museum of Decorative Arts (), at 17th and E streets in the

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district of

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is a decorative arts museum in the former residence of the María Luisa Gómez-Mena viuda de Cagiga, ''Countess of Revilla de Camargo'', sister of José Gómez-Mena Vila, the owner of the Manzana de Gómez. It was designed in

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by architects P. Virad and M. Destuque, inspired in French Renaissance and was built between 1924 and 1927 in a neo-classical style.

Address

Calle 17 #502, between E and D, Vedado, Havana, Cuba

References

* ''Cuba - Eyewitness Travel Guides'' (Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 2004) * ''Havana'' (Lonely Planet Publications,2001)

External links

Great Houses of Havana
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