{"id":703,"date":"2023-09-23T09:41:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T01:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/?p=703"},"modified":"2023-09-24T12:16:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T04:16:36","slug":"parque-calixto-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/en\/calixto-garcia-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Calixto Garcia Park, Plaza de Armas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calixto Garcia Park was the second Arms Seat of the City of Holguin, also created in 1720, to be used in celebrations, fairs and markets. When in 1878 the Municipal Government located in the building currently known as La Periquera, acquired such importance that it became the fundamental center for commerce and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/holguin-parque-calixto-garcia-plaza-armas.jpg\" alt=\"Plaza de Armas, Holguin City\" class=\"wp-image-816\" title=\"Plaza de Armas, Holguin City\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/holguin-parque-calixto-garcia-plaza-armas.jpg 510w, https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/holguin-parque-calixto-garcia-plaza-armas-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/holguin-parque-calixto-garcia-plaza-armas-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Calixto Garc\u00eda Park, designed in 1719 \u2013 1720, was the Plaza de Armas of the City of Holguin. In 1839 it was established as Alameda de Isabel II, and in 1898 it was named Calixto Garcia I\u00f1iguez Park, as it continues to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/holguin-parque-calixto-garcia-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Calixto Garcia Park\" class=\"wp-image-817\" title=\"Calixto Garcia Park\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/holguin-parque-calixto-garcia-1920.jpg 510w, https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/holguin-parque-calixto-garcia-1920-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/holguin-parque-calixto-garcia-1920-18x9.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1916, the statue of Major General Calixto Garcia was erected and unveiled in the center of the Park. Initially the homes and businesses surrounded the square, today the businesses and cultural institutions protect the Park, constituting an eminently cultural square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/holguin-parque-calixto-garcia-noche.jpg\" alt=\"Current Calixto Garcia Park at Night\" class=\"wp-image-818\" title=\"Current Calixto Garcia Park at Night\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/holguin-parque-calixto-garcia-noche.jpg 510w, https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/holguin-parque-calixto-garcia-noche-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/holguin-parque-calixto-garcia-noche-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the La Periquera Provincial Museum of the City of Holguin, a National Monument; the Ballado Gallery, from the Cuban Fund of Cultural Assets; the Mart\u00ed Cinema, the House of Culture, the Casa de la Trova, the Alex Urquiola Provincial Library, the Provincial Center of Plastic Arts with its exhibition halls; the Gui\u00f1ol theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prestigious Rodrigo Prats Lyric Theater, the Su\u00f1ol Theater, the CO-DANCE Company rehearsal room and the Pedro Rojena bookstore, among other valuable cultural institutions of Holguin, and its shopping area<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Parque Calixto Garcia fue el segundo Asiento de Brazos de La Cuidad de Holguin, tambi\u00e9n creado en 1720, para que se usara en las celebraciones, ferias y mercados. Cuando en 1878 el Gobierno Municipal ubicado en el edificio conocido en la actualidad como La Periquera, adquiri\u00f3 una importancia tal que pas\u00f3 para ser el [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"narrow-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ciudad-de-los-parques"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciudaddeholguin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}