
{"id":289426,"date":"2023-10-01T16:44:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=289426"},"modified":"2023-10-01T16:44:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T20:44:10","slug":"cecilia-in-the-heart-of-old-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/cecilia-in-the-heart-of-old-havana\/","title":{"rendered":"Cecilia in the heart of Old Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hurried around the corner, texting that I would be a few minutes late. Without taking my eyes off the screen, I noticed the silhouette of a figure almost next to me, and I stopped dead. I looked up and saw that I almost hit the sculpture of Cecilia Vald\u00e9s, the beautiful protagonist of one of the upholders of Cuban literature, the homonymous novel written in 1882 by Cirilo Villaverde (1812-1894).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289437\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289437\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-11.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-11-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-11-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-11-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-11-1536x974.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-11-750x475.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-11-1140x723.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The front of the Santo \u00c1ngel Custodio church. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located meters from the main entrance of the Santo \u00c1ngel Custodio church, on Compostela Street, Old Havana, Cecilia seems to walk slowly and with a distressed expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have passed by here several times. Always passing through, I have ascended Cuarteles Street or the aforementioned Compostela to Loma del \u00c1ngel, as the small mound on which the neo-Gothic style church was built in 1695 is known. Of course, I have come across the sculpted Cecilia Vald\u00e9s by the young Cuban artist Erig Rebull and inaugurated in 2014 for the bicentennial (two years before) of Villaverde.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if it had not been for the fact that I almost collided with it, I would not have stopped to appreciate the outlined lines that shaped the physiognomy of the work of art.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289436\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289436\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-10.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-10-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-10-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-10-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-10-1536x1112.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-10-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-10-750x543.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-10-1140x825.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The subtle expression of sadness in her eyes of the sculpture of Cecilia Vald\u00e9s. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cecilia Vald\u00e9s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Loma del \u00c1ngel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the full title of the book, is not only the story of a tragic love, but also a critical portrait of Cuban society in the first half of the 19th century, marked by slavery and racial tensions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the plot, Cecilia is a young mestiza, daughter of a mulatto woman and a Spaniard, who lives in the turbulent context of colonial Cuba. Her beauty and grace dazzle everyone, including Leonardo Gamboa, a young white man of good standing. The love story between them (incestuous, moreover, since they are brothers on their father\u2019s side) is tainted by racial and social prejudices and is doomed from the beginning to a tragic end.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289428\" style=\"width: 1433px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289428\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1433\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-1.jpg 1433w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-1-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-1-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-1-768x965.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-1-1223x1536.jpg 1223w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-1-750x942.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-1-1140x1432.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1433px) 100vw, 1433px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sculpture of Cecilia Vald\u00e9s, work of the Cuban artist Erig Rebull. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its immutable silence, the sculpture seems to whisper the secrets and passions contained in the novel. Rebull managed to capture the essence of the character masterfully. The statue is so natural that the limits between the 18 parts painstakingly welded to form the final piece go unnoticed. The delicate details of Cecilia\u2019s face are surprising, the subtle expression of sadness in her eyes, the loose dress that drags on the floor, the hairstyle and the grace of her posture with a fan&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHer likeness evoked the virgins portrayed by the most famous painters,\u201d can be read about the young mulatto girl in the second chapter of the novel.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289434\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289434\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-8.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-8-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-8-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-8-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-8-1536x1120.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-8-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-8-750x547.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-8-1140x831.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The details of the sculpture stand out and surprise. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sculptural work also contains something of the artist\u2019s love and pain. In the middle of the creation process, Erig Rebull\u2019s girlfriend, Gisell Fundora, died at only 32 years old. She had been the inspiring muse and model to give shape to the Cecilia in bronze.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289431\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289431\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-4.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-4-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-4-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-4-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-4-1536x1099.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-4-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-4-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-4-750x537.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-4-1140x816.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sculpture of Cecilia Vald\u00e9s, a few steps from the main entrance of the Santo \u00c1ngel Custodio church. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cecilia Vald\u00e9s de la Loma del \u00c1ngel comes to life in her everyday environment. Its location coincides with the geographical point where the final outcome and the saddest scene of the novel takes place: Leonardo\u2019s murder (sorry for the spoiler).<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289429\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289429\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289429\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-2.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-2-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-2-1140x855.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Santo \u00c1ngel Custodio church, on Compostela Street, in Old Havana. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was the idea of Eusebio Leal, the Havana historian, who had the vision of giving life to Cecilia Vald\u00e9s through sculpture, paying tribute to Cuban literature. The initiative adds to the tribute that Cirilo Villaverde received in this same place in 1946, when a plaque was unveiled in his honor.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289438\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289438\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-12.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-12-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-12-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-12-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-12-1536x1050.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-12-750x513.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-12-1140x780.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rear view of the Santo \u00c1ngel Custodio church. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289441\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289441\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-15.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-15-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-15-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-15-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-15-1536x1006.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-15-750x491.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-15-1140x747.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the corner of Compostela Street and Pe\u00f1a Pobre Alley. In the background, at the top of Loma del \u00c1ngel, the Santo \u00c1ngel Custodio church and the sculpture of Cecilia Vald\u00e9s. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost as I leave, I pan my camera around the square and its surroundings. I open the angle to explore its buildings with historic facades, balconies adorned with vines and large windows that seem to bear witness to the passing of time. In this peaceful corner of the city, pedestrians are scarce.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289432\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289432\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-5.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-5-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-5-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-5-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-5-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-5-750x497.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-5-1140x755.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two neighbors sitting on a bench on Loma del \u00c1ngel, where there is a bust of the writer Cirilo Villaverde. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289433\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289433\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-7.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-7-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-7-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-7-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-7-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-7-1140x761.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bust of Cirilo Villaverde installed in 1946 on the Loma del \u00c1ngel, in front of the Santo \u00c1ngel Custodio church where the sculpture of Cecilia Vald\u00e9s has been installed since 2014. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the midst of the serenity, a figure appears that stands out in the surroundings. She is a girl who seems to have emerged from the pages of a novel. She evokes Cecilia, \u201cthe Cuban woman who carries in her indomitable heart all the fierceness and hope of Cuba, and in her eyes, all the fire,\u201d as Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed (who was baptized by the way in the Santo \u00c1ngel Custodio church) wrote. He published this in the edition of the newspaper <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patria<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on October 30, 1894, just days after the death of his compatriot Cirilo Villaverde, in New York, where the novel was published for the first time and where both writers shared exile.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289439\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289439\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-14.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-14-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-14-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-14-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-14-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-14-1140x761.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of the architecture of colonial Havana in front of the Santo \u00c1ngel Custodio church. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The warm and soft light of the afternoon, which filters through Cuarteles Street, illuminates her face with a heavenly grace of that young woman. My mind wanders, and for a moment I wonder if Cecilia Vald\u00e9s\u2019 sculpture has come to life to walk among us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by the moment, I decide to approach the young woman and ask her to let me photograph her. She accepts with a kind smile and poses with a naturalness that shows her innate elegance.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289435\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289435\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-9.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-9-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-9-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-9-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-9-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-9-1140x761.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young woman who seems to have emerged from the pages of a novel evokes the character of Cecilia Vald\u00e9s. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I prefer not to inquire about the name or history of my subject. I like the idea of carrying with me the fantasy that, in some corner of Loma del \u00c1ngel, Cecilia Vald\u00e9s still walks, spreading grace and charm in the heart of Old Havana.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_289430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289430\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-289430\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-3.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-3-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-3-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-3-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-3-750x497.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ceccilia-fotos-Kaloian-3-1140x755.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-289430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bell tower of the Santo \u00c1ngel Custodio in the midst of the colonial architecture of Old Havana. 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