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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Rodrguez

Havana’s once stately homes crumble as their residents live in fear of an imminent collapse

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The house on Villegas Street, in the heart of Old Havana, looks nothing like the stately two-story home it used to be a century ago, with its high ceilings, wrought iron railings, semicircular arches and stairs covered in white marble. Its former elegance is such that local lore says it used to belong to a marquise.

Today, everything inside the six-family unit is chaos.

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