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32-439: Its history dates back to the time of the aboriginal cultures that settled in this region about 2,500 years ago, when the island's inhabitants settled in this place attracted by the mighty Casiguaguas River, the vegetation, terrestrial and aquatic fauna. The latest research carried out has found Indo-Cuban residues, human skulls and stone artifacts in the open air in the caves of its two river currents in existing caves. Its nickname

64-406: A Circle of grandparents and four pharmacies. A town with a baseball tradition since the 19th century. In 2007, a modest stadium dedicated to the national pastime was inaugurated, built with communal work and the solidarity of workers and students. It has 8 primary schools, a primary boarding school, 2 nursery schools, 2 Kindergartens, 3 Urban Basic High Schools, an ESBEC, an Adult Education Center,

96-626: A co-founder of the Cuban Communist Party in the 1920s. The European revolutionary tradition of college-based political activism that was practiced in Cuba and in many other Latin American countries and the alleged corruption of Cuban political parties at the time turned the FEU, a stronghold of communist ideology, into the most influential of Cuban political organizations before 1959. It was a major participant in

128-469: A definitive name for this part of the river and for the primitive sugar mill built in its vicinity. Years later it was called "Aldea del Calabazar" or simply "Calabazar", as it is known today. The section between this town and La Chorrera de Managua, corresponds to one of the oldest sugar areas in Cuba. The territory remained as an eminently sugarcane zone, producing sugar. The primitive sugar mill "Our Lady of Guadalupe and San Francisco de Paula (El Calabazar)

160-709: A professor of analytical mathematics at the university. Chana later married Juan Manuel Menocal (a distant relative of Armando Menocal), who went on to become the Dean of the Business School. Juan Manuel Menocal was a professor at the law school when Fidel Castro was a student there in the 1940s. Maria Rosa Menocal , former Director of the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale, was the granddaughter of Chana and Juan Manuel Menocal. (See Alma Mater Witness of Time by Eduardo Heras León). The main library "Rubén Martínez Villena"

192-515: Is a public university located in the Vedado district of Havana , the capital of Cuba . Founded on 5 January 1728, the university is the oldest in Cuba, and one of the first to be founded in the Americas . Originally a religious institution, today the university has 15 faculties (colleges) at its Havana campus and distance learning centers throughout Cuba. Founded in 1728 by Dominican friars belonging to

224-697: Is crossed, to the north, by the A2 motorway , the Havana's ring road, and counts the homonym exit. It is served by 4 stations (Calabazar, Berenguer, Piscinas and ExpoCuba) of the Havana Suburban Railway , sharing 2 others (Arroyo Naranjo and Parque Lenin) with Arroyo Naranjo. Some km west of it is located the Havana International Airport "José Martí" . University of Havana The University of Havana ( UH ; Spanish : Universidad de La Habana )

256-554: Is located in the so-called "Cuenca del Almendares", also known as "Cuenca de Vento" with two fluvial currents, El Rio Almendares and Arroyo Jibaro, today affected by a hydrological crisis. Located at 23 ° 0 '58 "north latitude and 82 ° 22' 24" west longitude. The climate is warm, pleasant with an average temperature of 29°C and a minimum of 19°C. Relative humidity is approximately 81%. The main productions are pottery, ceramics, textiles, cardboard packaging, etc. Currently it presents an unusual economic metamorphosis that characterizes it by

288-636: Is the title of several geographical sites in Cuba, however when Calabazar is named, in Havana a unique and distinctive place of the Boyeros municipality is identified. It rises on the left bank of the Almendares river exactly on the Camino Real del Sur, now Calzada de Bejucal (kilometer twelve). It is a small town, known for the quality of its waters, its pottery industry, and a site where there are immediate antecedents of artistic ceramics in Cuba. In this historic site

320-536: The Order of Preachers ( la Orden de Predicadores ) as Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo de la Habana ( Royal and Pontifical University of Saint Jerome of Havana ) with six original faculties: Art and Philosophy, Theology, Canons, Law, and Medicine. In 1842, the university changed its status to become a secular, royal and literary institution. Its name became Real y Literaria Universidad de La Habana ( Royal and Literary University of Havana ) and later, when Cuba

352-673: The Camilo Cienfuegos Military School, a Higher Pedagogical Institute and the Center for National Training of the Subdirectorate of Collective Law Firms. There are two traditional celebrations: the feast of San Juan Bautista, the patron saint of the town and the celebrations for the founding of the town. It is the site of the Provincial Literary Contest of Poetry "I am love; I am verse" which is convened annually by

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384-514: The FEU, led by Jose Antonio Echeverria , attempted to kill Fulgencio Batista in an armed assault at the Cuban Presidential Palace on 13 March 1957. Batista managed to escape, and many student assailants died in the action, as did Echeverria himself. During the months that followed, the police executed many of the students that led the failed coup. President Batista ordered the university to be closed, and it remained so until Batista fled

416-937: The Municipal Directorate of Culture of Boyeros and the Community House of Culture. In recent years the prestigious Culinary Festival "A Pumpkin Plate" has been held. The territory of Calabazar includes the Havana Zoo , the National Botanical Garden of Cuba (belonging to the University of Havana ), the ExpoCuba and a little portion of the Parque Lenin ("Lenin Park"), part of Arroyo Naranjo but in front of ward's centre. Calabazar

448-460: The Santiago de las Vegas municipality as an extensive rural neighborhood. As of 1910, its typical spa town appearance began to slowly change and some small industries, workshops, and shops were opened. In 1910, President José Miguel Gómez established his residence at Finca "América", named after his wife América Arias, a lady remembered by many for her gestures in favor of this town. On January 6, 1913,

480-515: The University of Havana signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to formalize research and exchange opportunities for students and faculty. The MOU was re-signed in October 2016 with the addition of encompassing all of Rutgers , The State University of New Jersey. Throughout its history, the university has received multiple awards for its research work. In February 2022, thanks to its contributions in

512-410: The appearance of an economy dominated by small commercial production, technical-administrative activity, research, services and self-employment. In the jurisdiction there are several centers of scientific importance, recreation that provides employment to a significant number of workers. It has a Polyclinic that was inaugurated on October 6, 1988, until the eighties 34 family doctor's offices were built,

544-507: The assault on the Moncada barracks by Fidel Castro , an attorney who graduated from Havana University School of Law, and who had contacts in the FEU, the FEU became an ally of Castro's new 26th of July Movement , though there were discrepancies between the leaders in the form that the forthcoming revolution should be carried out. While Fidel Castro was hiding in the Sierra Maestra mountains,

576-460: The end of 1936, but its official inauguration took place on July 9, 1937, it was called Parque Máximo Gómez, in remembrance of the famous liberating figure who resided in this town. The local Catholic Church also develops its gospel the Baptist Church. On June 1, 1957, the "Martín Morua Delgado Lodge" was founded. In the heat of industrial and urban development, several associations emerged. After

608-472: The fields without integrating any hamlet. The "Aldea del Calabazar", as it was identified in those times, acquired the character of a town around 1820, more clearly around 1825, which began to take off due to the fame of its waters and the number of inhabitants. With the growth experienced, its small hermitage was declared in 1827 auxiliary of the Parish of Santiago de las Vegas. Pre-republican period This town

640-677: The fight against COVID-19, the institute received the Science and Innovation award from the Union of Latin American Universities, during the celebration of the International Congress on Higher Education. The University of Havana is made up of 16 faculties ( Spanish : facultades ) and 14 research centers in a variety of fields, including economics , sciences , social science and humanities . In total, up to 25 specialties are taught at

672-593: The main university entrance (shown above) there is a bronze statue of Alma Mater (meaning the "Nourishing mother" in Latin ) that was created in 1919 by artist Mario Korbel , who based his design off of Alma Mater , the Daniel Chester French statue at Columbia University in New York City . The model for the statue's face was 16-year-old Feliciana "Chana" Villalón, the daughter of José Ramón Villalón y Sánchez,

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704-484: The municipal aqueduct "Aqueduct José Alberro" was inaugurated, at the end of 1912, the electric lighting was officially inaugurated, a service established by the Sociedad Anónima "Planta Eléctrica de Batabanó S.A". In the 1920s, - after the period of the intense economic crisis of 1920-1922, the manufacturing sector began to be promoted with the appearance of some small industries The central park in this town began at

736-532: The overthrowing of the Cuban President Gerardo Machado . The FEU initiated the national general strike of 1933, resulting in the imprisonment of many of its members. Founder Julio Antonio Mella , himself had been killed at the hands of two assassins sent by Machado while exiled in Mexico in 1929. After the coup d'état by Fulgencio Batista in 1952, when free and democratic elections were suspended,

768-415: The realengas areas or to the virgin lands of Pinar del Rio. In 1766, one of the few census tables of this registration was made, its lands were occupied by a sugar mill, seven agricultural estates, 60 pastures and work sites, a population of 707 inhabitants, a figure that includes 106 slaves and 40 freedmen. all engaged in agricultural work, charcoal making, and housework. 93 scattered dwellings are listed in

800-458: The third uprising of the vegueros takes place on February 20, 1723, the first historical event and the last action carried out in the region in front of the tobacco store imposed by the metropolis. Its name comes from when the Batabanó road was opened, given by the existence of a thick gourd next to the river since that time, then it was applied to the corral here mercedado, the force of custom made it

832-492: The triumph of the armed insurrection in 1959, the territory became a section of the region called Boyeros. This division remained until 1976 when the new jurisdictional division was approved. On November 29, 1988, the Calabazar Council, a link in local government, was created. It is located in the south center of the periphery of the city of Havana, it borders all the neighborhoods of Boyeros, except Santiago de Las Vegas. It

864-509: The university. Now, it has about 60,000 degree students in regular classes. There are 16 faculties into which the university is divided: Before the Cuban Revolution of 1959, students joined different organizations, aligning themselves directly or indirectly with some political party. The strongest of all these organizations was the FEU (Federación Estudiantil Universitaria or University Students Federation) created by Julio Antonio Mella ,

896-404: The violent clashes between university students and Cuban police reached their extremes. Students known to be members of the FEU were violently tortured and killed in the streets of Havana, and the organization reacted with an irregular war in the city, aiming mainly to assassinate police officers of high rank, like the chief of the police in Havana, Blanco Rico, who was killed by 4 FEU members. After

928-635: Was a free republic, the name was changed to Universidad Nacional ( National University ). The university had first been established in San Juan de Letrán (located in Villa de San Cristóbal in Old Havana ) before it was transferred on 1 May 1902, to a hill in the Vedado area of Havana . The interiors of the building were decorated by Armando Menocal y Menocal. The seven frescos represent Medicine , Science , Art , Thought , Liberal Arts , Literature , and Law . At

960-432: Was established later in 1936. After the government was taken over by Fulgencio Batista in 1952, the university became a center of anti-government protests. Batista closed the university in 1956. From 1 January 1959, the date on which Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba, until 1 January 1962, the university went through a period of reformation to eliminate "anti-revolutionary ideas". In 2002, Rutgers University–Camden and

992-429: Was located on this site in 1682. For this reason, the territory was indistinctly identified as Calabazar or" Vuelta del Ingenio ". During the 16th and 17th centuries the population of the region was unstable as a result of the migrations typical of the stage. The contradictions between the nascent sugar production and the tobacco fields, together with other factors, forced the cultivators of the aromatic leaf to migrate to

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1024-624: Was visited during his childhood by the Apostle of the Independence of Cuba José Martí and some members of his family resided, in the pre-republican period Major General Máximo Gómez Báez, Chief of the Liberation Army establishes his dwelling in this town on August 1, 1900 At the beginning of the 20th century, (1902) the Republic began, in the jurisdictional aspect the continuous territory forming part of

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