MIAMI CULTURE

FOUNDED: 1896 JULIA DEFOREST TUTTLE THE ONLY CITY IN USA FOUNDED BY A WOMAN POPULATION: 5.5 M 59% FOREIGN BORN 35% CUBANS 72% WHITE MIAMI IS A MEDIA CENTER FOR LATINO MUSIC AND ART IN USA

“ ” THE ADAMS-OTIS TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN IN 1819 RESULTED IN FLORIDA BECOMING PART OF THE U.S. HISTORY

CUBAN IMMIGRANTS MORE THAN ONE MILLION CUBANS OF ALL SOCIAL CLASSES HAVE LEFT THE ISLAND TO THE UNITED STATES, DURING THE YEARS 1960’S, 1970’S, AND 1980’S.

THE FREEDOM TOWER AS REFUGEES FROM CUBA FLEEING FIDEL CASTRO'S COMMUNIST REGIME ARRIVED IN MIAMI DURING THE 1960S, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USED THE FACILITY TO PROCESS, DOCUMENT AND PROVIDE MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES FOR THE NEWCOMERS.

LA PEQUEÑA HABANA Little Havana is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. Home to many Cuban immigrant residents, as well as many residents from Central and South America, Little Havana is named after Havana, the capital and largest city in Cuba.

EVEN THOUGH THIS FESTIVAL IS NOT COUNTED AMONG THE OFFICIAL HISPANIC HOLIDAYS, MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE ATTEND THIS BLOCK PARTY IN MARCH. EL FESTIVAL DE LA CALLE OCHO

ALSO KNOWN AS DOMINO PARK, LOCATED SOUTH OF DOWN TOWN IN LITTLE HAVANA. IT IS A LANDMARK THAT MARKS THE GATHERING PLACE FOR THE OLDER CUBAN CULTURE IN MIAMI AS A PLACE TO GO AND PLAY A GAME WITH FRIENDS. PARQUE MAXIMO GOMEZ

IS A SPORT INVOLVING A BALL BOUNCED OFF A WALLED SPACE BY ACCELERATING IT TO HIGH SPEEDS WITH A HAND-HELD DEVICE (CESTA). IT IS A VARIATION OF LACROSSE. FRONTON IS THE OPEN-WALLED PLAYING AREA WHERE THE SPORT IS PLAYED. JAI ALAI CAME TO MIAMI FROM CUBA JAI ALAI

THE MIAMI/BAHAMAS GOOMBAY FESTIVAL IS HELD OVER TWO DAYS IN EARLY JUNE EACH YEAR IN COCONUT GROVE, FLA. IT WAS FOUNDED TO COMMEMORATE THE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL INFLUENCE OF SOUTH FLORIDA'S FIRST BLACK CARIBBEAN RESIDENTS. GOOMBAY FESTIVAL

ALSO KNOWN AS MUSEO DE ARTE LATINOAMERICANO, PRESENTS ARTWORK FROM CUBANS AND LATIN AMERICAN ARTIST. MUSEO DE ARTE HISPANICO DE MIAMI

THE LIBRARY PRESENTS WORK FROM CUBAN AND LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS. LOCATED IN THE LITTLE HAVANA IN BETWEEN THE DOMINO PARK AND THE ORANGE BOWL HISPANIC LIBRARY BRANCH

LOCATED IN THE LITTLE HAVANA IN BETWEEN THE FREEDOM TOWER AND THE ORANGE BOWL, IT IS THE NEW RESIDENCE OF SOME OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN MIAMI: THE MIAMI HISPANIC BALLET (MHB), THE CUBAN CLASSICAL BALLET OF MIAMI (CCBM), CREATION ART CENTER (CAC) ALSO INTRODUCING THE CUBAN CLASSICAL BALLET OF MIAMI SCHOOL (CCBM SCHOOL) AND THE MIAMI HISPANIC CULTURAL ARTS CENTER MUSIC CONSERVATORY. CENTRO CULTURAL DE MIAMI

THE MIAMI ORANGE BOWL WAS AN OUTDOOR ATHLETIC STADIUM IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, WEST OF DOWNTOWN IN LITTLE HAVANA. AS HOME OF THE MIAMI DOLPHINS AND THE HURRICANES IT ALSO HOLDS INTERNATIONAL SOCCER MATCHES. THE ORANGE BOWL

MIAMI BEACH'S ART DECO DISTRICT IS THE FIRST 20TH-CENTURY NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. CHARACTERIZED BY USING GEOMETRIC SHAPES. THE ART DECO DISTRICT

IS A MEDIEVAL SPANISH MONASTERY WHICH WAS BUILT IN SEGOVIA, SPAIN, IN THE 12TH CENTURY BUT DISMANTLED IN THE 20TH CENTURY AND SHIPPED TO NEW YORK, THEN REASSEMBLED IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA MONASTERIO SAINT BERNARD DE CLAIRVAUX

THE OLYMPIA THEATER AND OFFICE BUILDING IS A HISTORIC THEATER IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. THE OLYMPIA THEATER WAS BUILT IN 1926 EL TEATRO OLYMPIA

CUBA NOSTALGIA IS AN ANNUAL 3-DAY FESTIVAL IN LITTLE HAVANA. TAKES PLACE INA NEIGHBORHOOD IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, WHERE CUBAN-AMERICANS CELEBRATE CUBA BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE CASTRO REGIME. CUBA NOSTALGIA FESTIVAL

ONE OF THE GREATEST OPERA SINGERS, HIS FIRST PERFORMANCE IN USA WAS IN THE GREAT OPERA THEATRE OF CUBA, MIAMI. LUCIANO PAVAROTTILA GRAN OPERA DE CUBA

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