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Leal, who is also the director
of the Havana City Historian Office, offered a conference during the
4th Symposium on City Management, which inaugurated a week of
cultural activities to celebrate the 496th anniversary of the
founding of the city of Camagüey.
At the Agramonte Park, the center of the area declared a World
Cultural Heritage Site, he called the people and the institutions to
unite, without preeminence, to preserve the old without leaving out
the requirements of contemporary life.
He pointed out that that objective rooted in the defense of national
identity is developed under regulations of public authorities and
should be maintained despite the difficult economic conditions.
Likewise, he praised the significance of the Symposium, one of the
ways to give an answer to the call made by Revolution leader Fidel
Castro that the first thing that needs to be saved is culture.
The speaker also focused on different facets of the legacy of Major
General Ignacio Agramonte, during a speech in front of the monument
that pays tribute to this hero,located at the former Plaza de Armas
-one of the oldest squares built by the Spaniards in The Americas.
Also participating in the ceremony were Julio Cesar Garcia, first
secretary of the Cuban Communist Party in the province, and Jesus
Garcia, president of the People’s Power in the territory.
The inaugural ceremony of celebrations for the 496th anniversary
took place on Monday night.
One of the oldest population settlements established by the
Spaniards in The Americas, the Villa de Santa Maria del Puerto del
Principe, currently Camagüey, was founded on February 2, 1514.
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