The Museum of Decorative Arts ( es, Museo de Artes Decorativas), at 17th and E streets in the Vedado district of Havana, Cuba 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 José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernac ...

, the owner of the

Manzana de Gómez The Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana is a luxury hotel in Havana, Cuba. It is located in the historic Manzana de Gómez building, an early-20th-century building that was Cuba's first shopping mall. The Kempinski Hotel chain, belongs to ...

. It was designed in Paris 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

Museum of Decorative Arts, Havana The Museum of Decorative Arts ( es, Museo de Artes Decorativas), at 17th and E streets in the Vedado district of Havana, Cuba is a decorative arts museum in the former residence of the María Luisa Gómez-Mena viuda de Cagiga, ''Countess of Re ...

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