Athens of Cuba
Athens of Cuba
At the heyday of the nineteenth-century sugar boom, Matanzas's civic boosters launched a campaign to have the city recognized as “the Athens of Cuba.” The idea may well have been inspired by Boston (known as the “American Athens”), a city with which Matanzas had close commercial ties. There was, in fact, some substance to the boast. From early on, Matanzas developed important cultural institutions such as the Liceo Artistico y Literario (1859). Education was prioritized. In fact, La Empresa School, an initiative of prominent local educators, was authoritatively considered the best in Spain and her colonies. Matanzas, moreover, fostered distinguished literary talent such as that of Jose Jacinto Milanes, a romantic poet and playwright.
Keywords: Liceo, Boston, education, La Empresa, Milanes
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