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The chapel had a wide central nave and two side aisles. The triple height nave has a mural by Hipolito Hidalgo de Caviedes (1901–1994). El Colegio de Belen was known as "The Palace of Education." It is a Cuban National Monument. |
The chapel had a wide central nave and two side aisles. The triple height nave has a mural by Hipolito Hidalgo de Caviedes (1901–1994). El Colegio de Belen was known as "The Palace of Education." It is a Cuban National Monument. |
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==Rectors in the first Belen school== |
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En la calle Compostela, entre Luz y Acosta (La Habana, 1854-1925) |
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*1. Bartolomé Munar (1854-1857) |
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*2. Manuel Solís Pajares (Interino 1857-1858) |
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*3. José María Lluch (1858-1862) |
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*4. Buenaventura Feliú (1862-1868) |
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*5. Andrés García Rivas (1868-1874) |
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*6. Angel Rosendo Gallo (1874-1881) |
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*7. Tomás Ipiña (1881-1885) |
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*8. Isidoro Zameza (1885-1889) |
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*9. +Benigno Iriarte (1889-1893) |
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*10. José María Palacio (1893-1899) |
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*11. Vicente Leza (1899-1908) |
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*12. Silverio Eraña (1908-1909) |
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*13. Fernando Ansoleaga(1909-1915) |
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*14. Antonino Oráa (1915-1918) |
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*15. Pedro Abad 1918-1922 |
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*16. Claudio García Herrero (1922-1924) |
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*17. Camilo García (1924-1925) |
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==Rectors in the new premises of Marianao== |
==Rectors in the new premises of Marianao== |
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Revision as of 23:25, 1 April 2021
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| Colegio de Belén | |
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| Former names | Colegio de Belén |
| General information | |
| Type | Educational |
| Architectural style | Eclectic |
| Location | Marianao |
| Town or city |  Ciudad de La Habana |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Coordinates | 23°05′46″N 82°25′01″W / 23.096°N 82.417°W |
| Current tenants | Cuban military |
| Named for | The Palace of Education |
| Opened | 1925 |
| Owner | Cuban military |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Steel frame |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Grounds | 60 Acres |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Leonardo Morales y Pedroso |
| Architecture firm | Morales & Cia |
The Colegio de Belén was designed in 1925 by the architect Leonardo Morales y Pedroso of the firm Morales & Ciaas in 45th and 66th streets in Marianao, Havana.
History
Her Majesty Isabella II, Queen of Spain, issued a royal charter in the year 1854 founding the Colegio de Belén (Belen School) in Havana, Cuba. Belen began its educational work in the building formerly occupied by the convent and convalescent hospital of Our Lady of Belen in Havana Vieja. A meteorological observatory was established in 1857. A facility was built in 1896.[1]
Architecture
The building, situated next door to the Tropicana Club, was constructed on sixty acres of land that had been donated and was to be used as the main building of the Colegio de Belén, which had been opened since 1854 within the premises of the convent of the same name in Old Havana. Those premises had become unsuitable and badly located due to the change of atmosphere in the neighborhood and the growth of the city. The project was designed by the Cuban architectural firm of Morales & Cia (Leonardo Morales y Pedroso) in 1925 with an unlimited budget for designing a religious school, the Colegio de Belén, Havana.[2]
The result was a monumental pan-optical edifice with an extensive neoclassical façade perpendicular to the chapel and four large courtyards, cecalling the sbuilding in Havana Vieja, with three stories of porticoed galleries to link nine radial pavilions. The appearance is of extreme monumentality which is supported both in the design resources and the unusual dimensions of the spaces. The structure is built from concrete-covered steel, the flooring and roof are monolithic reinforced concrete.
Chapel
The chapel had a wide central nave and two side aisles. The triple height nave has a mural by Hipolito Hidalgo de Caviedes (1901–1994). El Colegio de Belen was known as "The Palace of Education." It is a Cuban National Monument.
Rectors in the first Belen school
En la calle Compostela, entre Luz y Acosta (La Habana, 1854-1925)
- 1. Bartolomé Munar (1854-1857)
- 2. Manuel Solís Pajares (Interino 1857-1858)
- 3. José María Lluch (1858-1862)
- 4. Buenaventura Feliú (1862-1868)
- 5. Andrés García Rivas (1868-1874)
- 6. Angel Rosendo Gallo (1874-1881)
- 7. Tomás Ipiña (1881-1885)
- 8. Isidoro Zameza (1885-1889)
- 9. +Benigno Iriarte (1889-1893)
- 10. José María Palacio (1893-1899)
- 11. Vicente Leza (1899-1908)
- 12. Silverio Eraña (1908-1909)
- 13. Fernando Ansoleaga(1909-1915)
- 14. Antonino Oráa (1915-1918)
- 15. Pedro Abad 1918-1922
- 16. Claudio García Herrero (1922-1924)
- 17. Camilo García (1924-1925)
Rectors in the new premises of Marianao
- 18. Antonio Galán (1925-1930)
- 19. Enrique Carvajal (1930-1931)
- 20. Ignacio Francia (1931-1938)
- 21. Ramón Calvo Hernández-Agero (1938-1940)
- 22. Daniel Baldor de la Vega (1940-1947)
- 23. Ceferino Ruiz Rodríguez (1947-1953)
- 24. Miguel Angel Larrucea de la Mora (1953-1956)
- 25. Eduardo Martínez Márquez (1956-1959)
- 26. Daniel Baldor de la Vega(1959)
- 27. Ramón Calvo Hernández(1959-1961)
See also
- List of Belen Jesuit Preparatory School people
- List of Jesuit sites
- Instituto Técnico Militar
- Tropicana Club
References
- ^ Mariano Gutiérrez-Lanza (1904). Apuntes historicos acerca del Observatorio del Colegio de Belén, Habana (in Spanish). Havana: Impr. Avisador comercial.
- ^ "Belen Jesuit Preparatory School". Retrieved 2018-10-10.
Bibliography
- La Habana, Guia de Arquitectura, Maria Elena Zequeira & Eduardo Luis Rodriguez Fernandez, editors (Sevilla, Spain: A.G. Novograf, S.A., 1998) ISBN 84-8095-143-5 (in Spanish)
Gallery
Images from the 1940s and 50s of the Colegio de Belen:
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Hallways -
Auditorium -
Lunch room -
Swimmig pool.
