Dominating the Havana skyline, the Capitolio Nacional Cuba is a magnificent part of Cuban history. A seat of Cuban pre-revolutionary legislature, since 1960 the Capitolio Nacional has been home to Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology, and the Environment, while the National Library of Science and Technology is located in the back of the building.

The ground floor is open to the public. Designed by the architects Eugenio Rayneri and Raúl Otero in the neoclassical style, the Capitolio Nacional was completed in 1929. Its main features are massive granite columns, a huge stairway lined by statues that leads to an enormous 150-foot-high entrance, and a spectacular 300-foot-high dome with a sculpture of the god Mercury on its top, a replica of an original Florentine 16th-century sculpture.

The Capitol Building, Paseo de Marti, Havana 10200, Cuba

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