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A containership steaming right alongside our bus down the harbor channel, with the Cabaña ramparts in the background.
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In the Plaza de Armas, in front of the templete.
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The entrance to the palace of the Captains-General.
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The Palace of the Captains-General, exterior.
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In front of the Captains-General palace with the Palace of the Segundo Cabo (Second Captain) in the background.
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In the courtyard of the Captains-General palace.
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Inside the palace.
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This is the steering wheel of the U.S.S. Maine.
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This throne has never been officially sat upon. It was kept in the Palace in case the King were ever to visit Cuba. This never happened while Cuba was a Spanish colony. Juan Carlos visited in 1999, and entered this room, but did not sit on the throne.
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In the throne room.
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Sir: In execution of the stipulations in the Treaty of Peace, of what has been agreed by the military Commissions of Evacuation, and the orders of my King, from this moment, today the first of January of 1899 at 12 noon, the sovereignty of Spain over the Island of Cuba ceases, and that of the United States begins. (Fragment of the speech of General Jiménez Castellanos in the act of transfer of powers to General Brooke.)
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