Casa de Hermis
The place
Casa de Hermis ("Hermis House") in Havana province, Boyeros/San Antonio de los Baños sector (metropolitan Havana hinterland, south, Cuba), at 93 m elevation, western Cuban plain. Continuous cluster in Cuba (batches 260-408). Casa particular offering Cuban family hospitality (Boyeros, 200,000 residents, a suburb + San Antonio de los Baños, 50,000 residents, historic home to the International Film School, iconic + Havana, 2.1 M residents, iconic capital + Old Havana, UNESCO 1982, iconic + heritage of the vanished Taíno people / Cubans (Arawak Taíno people who vanished in the 16th century + Cubans, 11 M, Spanish Creole language + iconic heritage: Columbus, 28 October 1492, Cuba first + Spanish colony 1492-1898 + Spanish-American War 1898, US-backed independence + Platt Amendment 1901, tutelage + Batista 1952-1959, dictatorship, mafia + Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, revolution, 1 January 1959, iconic + Bay of Pigs, April 1961, US failure + Missile Crisis, October 1962, 13 days, nuclear war averted, iconic + embargo since 1962, 60+ years + fall of the USSR 1991, Período Especial + Raúl 2008-2018 + Díaz-Canel 2018-present + protests 11 July 2021, rare, iconic + iconic heritage: Cuban music, son montuno, mambo, salsa, Buena Vista Social Club 1997, iconic + Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Wenders film 1999, iconic + iconic heritage: Havana Club rum, iconic since 1878, Bacardi Santiago since 1862 + iconic heritage: Hemingway in Havana 1939-1960, Finca Vigía, "The Old Man and the Sea" 1952, Nobel Prize 1954, iconic + iconic heritage: casa particular informal tourism since 1993, 90,000 listings, iconic).
The setting
Havana Boyeros/San Antonio de los Baños metropolitan hinterland S Cuba 93 m western plain, continuous cluster batches 260-408, casa particular hospitality + Boyeros 200,000 suburb + San Antonio 50,000 Film School iconic + Havana 2.1 M capital + Old Havana UNESCO 1982 iconic, vanished Taínos/Cubans Arawak Taíno 16th c. + Cubans 11 M Spanish Creole + Columbus 28 Oct 1492 first + Spanish colony 1492-1898 + Spanish-American War 1898 + Platt 1901 + Batista 1952-1959 mafia + Castro Che 1 Jan 1959 iconic + Bay of Pigs April 1961 US failure + Missile Crisis Oct 1962 13 days nuclear war averted iconic + embargo since 1962 60+ years + USSR 1991 Período Especial + Raúl 2008-2018 + Díaz-Canel 2018+ + protests 11 Jul 2021 rare iconic + son mambo salsa music Buena Vista 1997 iconic + Compay Segundo Ferrer González Wenders 1999 + Havana Club 1878 + Bacardi Santiago 1862 + Hemingway Havana 1939-1960 Finca Vigía "Old Man and the Sea" 1952 Nobel 1954 iconic + casa particular tourism since 1993 90,000 listings iconic.
