The Museum of the Revolution ( es, Museo de la Revolución) is located in the

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section of

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, in what was the Presidential Palace of all Cuban presidents from

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. The building became the Museum of the Revolution during the years following the

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. The palace building was attacked by the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil in 1957.

Building

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The Presidential Palace was designed by the Cuban architect Rodolfo Maruri and the Belgian architect Paul Belau who also designed the Centro Gallego, presently the Gran Teatro de La Habana. The Presidential Palace was inaugurated in 1920 by President

. It remained the ''Presidential Palace'' until the

of 1959. The building has Neo-Classical elements and was decorated by

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. The building was the site of an attack in March 1957 where the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil from the

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attempted to kill

. It was a two-prong attack which included the take over of Radio Relox at the

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. Both attacks failed. According to one of the attackers, Faure Chomón of the Revolutionary Directorate, they were following the ''golpe arriba'' strategy and together with Menelao Mora Morales sought to overthrow the government by killing President Fulgencio Batista.

Exhibits

The museum's

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exhibits are largely devoted to the period of the revolutionary war of the 1950s and to the country's post-1959 history. Portions of the museum are also devoted to pre-revolutionary Cuba, including the 1895-1898

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waged against Spain, and an exhibit honoring

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Gallery

File:Museum of the Revolution, Centro Habana.jpg, Presidential Palace, designed by the architects Rodolfo Maruri and Paul Belau File:Museo de la Revolución 2.jpg File:Cuba 2018 2018-02-03 14.37.11 (45952234992).jpg File:Museo de la Revolucion Salón Dorado Louis XVI.jpg File:Museo de la Revoluciòn 05.jpg File:Pati interior museu Revolució 1.JPG File:Pati interior museu Revolució 2.JPG

References

External links

Cuando los universitarios se levantaron contra el gobernante de Cuba (FOTOS)Revolt in Havana.
Chicago Daily Tribune. March 14, 1957.
No Eran Estudiantes los Que Atacaron el Palacio.
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Verdades del Ataque al Palacio Presidencial el 13 de Marzo de 1957
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