{"id":323404,"date":"2025-05-27T16:54:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=323404"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:54:30","slug":"cojimar-facing-the-sea-and-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/digital-channel\/gallery\/spotlight\/cojimar-facing-the-sea-and-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Coj\u00edmar, facing the sea and time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facing the sea, east of <\/span>Havana<\/b><\/a>, is the town of Coj\u00edmar. The town, famous for its association with U.S. writer Ernest Hemingway, is one of the most picturesque in the Cuban capital, although like all of Cuba, it bears the harsh marks of time and crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Its origins as a settlement date back to colonial times, or perhaps even further. Indigenous people and settlers converged in the area. However, it was in the 17th century, after the construction of the still emblematic tower, that the shape of what is today Coj\u00edmar began to take shape.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nuestra Se\u00f1ora del Carmen church, in the Havana town of Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Park and bust of Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed in the Havana town of Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Iron bridge connecting Coj\u00edmar and Alamar, in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The humble fishing village, which has never ceased to exist, gained historical prominence during the British invasion of Havana, witnessing the clash between Cubans and Spaniards. Later, in the 19th century, it experienced an urban revival, becoming a seaside resort and summer destination for the wealthiest families.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hotels, beach houses, clubs, restaurants, and other facilities were integrated into the seaside landscape of Coj\u00edmar between the final decades of the colonial period and the first decades of the Republic, bringing a lively life to the town. Furthermore, the town became the entry and exit point for the submarine telegraph cable between Cuba and Key West, operated by Western Union.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A couple walks under the intense sun in the Havana town of Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Former Campoamor Hotel, later the Mart\u00ed Sanatorium, in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tourists observe fish caught in the waters of Coj\u00edmar, Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ernest Hemingway\u2019s name is inextricably linked to Coj\u00edmar. The future Nobel Prize winner for Literature, a regular at La Terraza Restaurant, became fond of its marine atmosphere and its people. He found inspiration in the town for his most famous work: <\/span>The Old Man and the Sea<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Papa Hemingway, in whose honor a gazebo and bust are erected in Coj\u00edmar \u2014 facing the sea and the tower \u2014 forged here his love of fishing and a legendary friendship with the fisherman Gregorio Fuentes, whom he made captain of his yacht <\/span>Pilar<\/span><\/i> and who told the novelist the story of another experienced fisherman, which would later become the plot of the book.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Coj\u00edmar Fishing Base. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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La Terraza Restaurant in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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La Real Cafeteria, in the Havana town of Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Decades later, Coj\u00edmar is no longer the same town Hemingway knew, nor is it the seaside resort of wealthy families. Many of the old buildings are in ruins or barely surviving, and new ones have been added over the years, humble or opulent.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2025, Coj\u00edmar remains a pleasant fishing town inhabited by peaceful people. A peaceful place, far from the hustle and bustle of the city, with beaches and green areas where garbage also accumulates, boats that go out in search of food or rest at the mouth of the river, and people who, despite everything, refuse to leave the smell and view of the sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is how our correspondent Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez found it a few days ago, and he showed it to us this Sunday during another of his photographic tours of the Cuban capital.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A man walks past the ruins of the Coj\u00edmar Hotel, in the Havana town of the same name. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The building is known as the Casa Barco, in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fish for sale in Coj\u00edmar park. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bike path on Coj\u00edmar beach. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bike path on Cojimar beach. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People walking along Coj\u00edmar beach. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A man cleans plastic bottles in the waters of Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aguada Estate, in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Former Loma Hotel, now a tenement house, in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wooden house on Mart\u00ed Real Street, in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mansion on 31st Street in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The artist Elo\u00edsa \u00c1lvarez Guedes lived in this house in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This mansion was once a home, then a school in the Havana town of Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Doorways of houses in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mart\u00ed Street, in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Building in the Havana town of Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lorva Street, in Coj\u00edmar, Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Practitioners of the Afro-Cuban religion leave an offering by the sea in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A tree fallen on top of an U.S.-made car in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Trash on Coj\u00edmar beach. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Trash on 31st Street in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Cueva del Gato is buried there in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Baseball field in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Farmland in Coj\u00edmar. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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