
An
elegant big house from the 18th century, located very closely
to the Old Square in Old Havana
(Habana Vieja), opens as a cozy colonial hotel, where the
combination of modern and old architectural elements stresses
the originality of its attractive design. Hotel Beltran
de Santa Cruz, an exquisite place that is reborn in the
old city of Havana
Cuba, will leave indelible memories on you.
History:
In 1732, Don Gabriel Beltrán of Santa Cruz hired
the construction of one house in the Old Square, the house
of Count de Jaruco, but died in the beginnings of the work.
Her widow Antònia Aranda and Avellaneda, daughter
of the mayor of the Castle of San Salvador de la Punta,
extended the project and asked the contractor whom in the
place of yard of the main house an interpretation of the
house to small scale since called " Small House ".
Finished in 1739. During the passage of time it was lived
by excellent families and personalities of the Havana society
as: Pedro Beltrán of Santa Cruz, Count of San Juan
de Jaruco, Josefa Catherine de Santa Cruz, Cardinal sister
of the Marquise of of Monte Hermoso; the Family of the Marquess
of Peñalver House Here were entertained and welcomed
the most distinguished personalities that visited the city,
among them: Baron Alexander de Humboldt, eminent German
scientist, and three French princes: Count de Beaujolais,
and the Duque de Montpensier and of Orlean; This last one
later became King Luis Felipe of France. The Small House,
at San Ignacio 411, Hotel Beltrán de Santa Cruz,
arrives at us without great changes and maintaining its
components and their colonial air.
Hotel
Beltran de Santa Cruz is part of the Cuban Habaguanex hotel
Group
