La Ciudad de las Columnas (II)

This article is part of the Hidden Architecture series “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” , where we will try to publish and bring back to current days forgotten texts and manifestos written by architects which are essential to understand the discipline of Architecture within our social context. Este artículo forma parte de la serie desarrollada por Hidden Architecture llamada “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” , donde intentaremos publicar y poner de actualidad nuevamente textos y manifiestos olvidados, escritos por arquitectos y fundamentales para entender la arquitectura dentro de nuestro contexto social. Text originally published by Alejo Carpentier in the magazine Arquitectura Cuba, [No.] 334/1965, pp. 26-39. There are several editions in book form, such as those of Editorial Letras Cubanas, Havana, 1982; Bruguera Libro Amigo, Barcelona, 1982, and Instituto Cubano del Libro, Havana, 1998, among others. The version published here has been found on the website Patrias, Actos y Letras . English translation by Hidden Architecture. Texto originalmente publicado por Alejo Carpentier en la revista Arquitectura Cuba, [No.] 334/1965, pp. 26-39. Existen varias ediciones en forma de libro, como las de Editorial Letras Cubanas, La Habana, 1982; Bruguera Libro Amigo, Barcelona, 1982, e Instituto Cubano del Libro, La Habana1998, entre otras. La versión aquí publicada ha sido tomada de la web Patrias, Actos y Letras . Traducción al inglés de Hidden Architecture. La Ciudad de las Columnas (I) , by Alejo Carpentier on Hidden Architecture We said that Havana is a city with so many columns that no other city on the continent could surpass it in this respect. But we would also have to make an immense count of grilles, an endless catalogue of ironwork, to fully define the always implicit baroque style present in the Cuban city.