Casa de Bruceta
The place
Casa de Bruceta ("Bruceta House") in Holguín province, Mayarí/Sierra Cristal sector (Eastern Sierra Cristal, Cuba), at 145 m elevation, northern foothills of the Sierra Cristal. Continuous Cuba cluster (batches 260-405). Rural casa, bohío tradition of the Cuban campo (Mayarí, historic town of 90,000 known for the 1898 independence battles + Sierra Cristal 1,231 m Pico Cristal 2nd highest in Cuba + neighboring Sierra Maestra 1,974 m Pico Turquino + Holguín 350,000 inhabitants, 4th largest Cuban city + heritage of the vanished Taíno people/Cubans (Arawak Taíno people vanished 16th century + Cubans 11 M Spanish creole language + iconic Columbus heritage 28 October 1492 Cuba's first landfall + Spanish colony 1492-1898 + Spanish-American War 1898 US independence + Platt Amendment 1901 tutelage + Batista 1952-1959 mafia dictatorship + Fidel Castro Che Guevara Sierra Maestra 1953-1959 struggle 26 July Moncada 26 July 1953 iconic + revolution 1 January 1959 iconic + Bay of Pigs April 1961 US failure + Missile Crisis October 1962 13 days + embargo since 1962 60+ years + USSR collapse 1991 Special Period + Raúl 2008-2018 reforms + Díaz-Canel 2018-present + protests 11 July 2021 rare iconic + iconic Cuban music heritage son montuno mambo salsa Buena Vista Social Club 1997 iconic + Compay Segundo Ibrahim Ferrer Rubén González Wim Wenders 1999 film iconic).
The setting
Holguín Mayarí/Sierra Cristal Eastern Cuba Cuba 145 m Sierra Cristal foothills N side, continuous cluster batches 260-405, rural casa bohío campo tradition + Mayarí 90,000 1898 battles + Sierra Cristal 1,231 m Pico Cristal 2nd + neighboring Sierra Maestra 1,974 m Pico Turquino + Holguín 350,000 4th, vanished Taíno/Cubans Arawak Taíno 16th c. + Cubans 11 M Spanish creole + Columbus 28 Oct 1492 first landfall + Spanish colony 1492-1898 + Spanish-American War 1898 + Platt 1901 + Batista 1952-1959 mafia + Castro Che Sierra Maestra 1953-1959 26 July Moncada 26 July 1953 iconic + revolution 1 Jan 1959 iconic + Bay of Pigs April 1961 US failure + Missile Crisis Oct 1962 13 days + embargo 1962 60+ years + USSR 1991 Special Period + Raúl 2008-2018 + Díaz-Canel 2018+ + protests 11 July 2021 rare iconic + music son montuno mambo salsa Buena Vista Social Club 1997 iconic + Compay Segundo Ferrer González Wenders 1999 film iconic.
