Architecture in Trinidad
The architecture of Trinidad, The opulent architecture of Trinidad was forged with the existence of different elements among which are the marbles and furniture of Europe, wrought iron, woodwork, bronzes, ivories, mosaic, stained glass, latticework, among others. But not everything was luxury in that architecture of yesteryear; next to the palace, mud-brick houses with roofs made of guano and tiles were made, the dwelling of most of the inhabitants.
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The trinitario urban set is distinguished by the houses of a single plant, representative of the architectural typologies of anonymous and popular character; the recurrence in the use of Hispanic building elements: masonry walls, wooden ceilings, tile roofs "a la española", lime plasters, which give the city a strong expressive unity, a marked sense of time and place.
The preservation of the historical environment, buildings, colonial layout, paved streets, pavements of the sidewalks and urban furniture, allows to appreciate the unmodified image of what were the early Cuban foundations and by extension those of the Hispanic Caribbean. It is Trinidad, therefore, a formidable testimony of time and an inestimable source of knowledge about colonial architecture.
The trinitarian architecture, eclectic by definition and vernacular by its composition, can be classified as a group of houses where the traditional habitats of different social classes are reflected during the two strongest historical stages in the city: the consolidation of the urban community of the 18th century and the economic and commercial expansion of the first half of the 19th century..