Havana, Cuba. Laying of the foundation stone for the new Scientific and Literary University on 23 January 1884. The ceremony was presided over by the governor general of the island, General Ignacio María del Castillo (1817-1893). The presbyter Doctor Teófilo Martínez de Escobar (1833-1912), professor of Metaphysics at the University, blessed the first stone. Engraving by Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), February 22, 1884.


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