[NYTr] Havana Historian Presented with Award by Queen Sofia of Spain
 
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:42:57 -0600 (CST)


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Havana Historian Presented with Award by Queen Sofia of Spain

Havana, December 20 (acn) The Havana City Historian Office received the 
Reina Sofia International Award in the category of Cultural Heritage 
Preservation and Restoration. Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain 
presented city historian Eusebio Leal Spengler with the prize in Madrid 
on December 19th.

The prize, granted annually for the rehabilitation and restoration of 
historic centers, was a unanimous decision of the jury which, Leal 
said, was motivated by the social undertaking in the revitalization of 
the Cuban capital's historical center known as Old Havana.

In the historian's words, "the award is actually a tribute to the 
people of Old Havana and the entire city of Havana, who have undertaken 
the restoration works in a social effort that, while not being perfect, 
expresses the best of our society."

Three months earlier, Eusebio Leal was the sole winner among a long 
list of candidates for the 2007 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honor for his many 
years of charismatic leadership and painstaking dedication to the 
restoration and conservation of the Historical Centre of Havana.

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