Berny's photos with the keyword: Cine Cervantes

near Parque La Libertad - Caibarien - Cuba for history see image after next.

for history see next image

A once beautiful colonial building at the "Parque La Libertad" in Caibarien, now in ruins. It is the "Cine Cervantes". It was inaugurated on 01.01.1925 as "Teatro de la Colonia Española" with the performance of the Lupes Riva Corcho theater company. It was later managed by the Cía. Hermanos F. Cima. Ample remodeling was carried out by architects Herminio Lauderman and Ricardo Martínez in 1935 and new modern equipment installed, due to the efforts of its owner Teresa Cima, the reopening was on 08.03.1940. It was named after pianist and composer Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh and had 1225 seats. It now lies in ruins.