The Cuban poet Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, one of the most prominent representative of Latin American literature of the nineteenth century , is back in the news . Her birthplace was declared a National Heritage as part of the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the city of Camagüey, despite months ago, an uncertain fate foreshadowed in the very front of the house nestled in the center of this city.
Regarding the declaration, the specialist Gladys Maria Collazo , president of the National Monuments Commission , told the media that members of the committee that prepared the file for certification of the property , took into account their architectural and historical values .
Collazo , who is also president of the National Council of Cultural Heritage, said that despite the slight modifications to the building ‘s architectural values , the premises keep especially code eclectic elements on the facade and in the bedrooms, dining room and courtyard fountain
Meanwhile PhD Luis Alvarez mentioned that on March 23 they will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the poet colloquially called Tula, and stressed that her legacy is not only literary but also universal figure of extraordinary dimension and a legacy that Cubans must take: of dignity and defense of the nation and the rights of women.
Paradoxes of history, in August last year OnCuba referred to the heritage mansion through journalist Yuris Nórido, who stated:
“The other day I walked down the Avellaneda Street, one of the most central in the city of Camaguey. I was reading the notices, when I found one that made me stop. On a door with classical motifs inside a frame of wood, they wrote “THIS HOUSE FOR SALE.” Nothing out of the ordinary, until you looked in the front of that house there was another inscription: “Here was born and lived Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda. 1814-1873 “. That is, in the legendary Camagüey the house of Tula herself is for sale. Who will buy it? “
The recent distinction of the building where the illustrious Cuban lived her first twenty years brings results in the rescue of a home so far, for some reason, had failed to be acquired by the governing institution of the national heritage. There are rumors that the main obstacle came from its former owners who demanded as payment, to the Government Camagüey, almost double the actual cost of the premises. The truth is that it has changed the fate of the controversial house, where all Cubans can revere the life and work of the author of Sab (1841).
