I resti della bellissima facciata, oggetto del precedente post , appartenevano al Gran Hotel Trotcha , sicuramente uno degli alberghi più eleganti dell’Avana di fine ‘800.
Fu fatto costruire dal catalano Buenavuentura Trotcha Formaguera , arrivato a Cuba nel 1850 e dedito al commercio fino al 1880. Da questa data si dedicò, invece, alla compravendita di terreni dove costruiva lussuose residenze da sell to the wealthy families of Havana who were moving gradually toward the Cerro El Vedado.
adapted the upper floors for hotel, giving it 20 rooms, one suite, health services, shared bathrooms, kitchen and bar-restaurant, all surrounded by beautiful gardens. The roof was wood shingles and French while the exterior windows were glazed with polychrome wrought iron railings. She was born cos ¡ the "Gran Hotel Trotcha" .
was expanded again in 1904 with the construction of the Washington , a brick structure three stories high.
The ashes of the old hotel, it is appropriate to say it should be interesting, while keeping the facade built in 1886, the new Hotel Trotcha. The competition for the award of projects, of which we can see an elaborate below, was won in 2007 by architects Cuban José Antonio Choy and Julia León .
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