Teatro Martí

[1] It was originally used for the performance of zarzuelas and vaudevilles, as well as meetings of the Partido Autonomista.

[1] In 1899, it was renamed Eden Garden, before changing its name again a year later to Teatro José Martí.

In 1901, it held the Convención Constituyente which established the independent Republic of Cuba.

[2] The theater was abandoned in the 1970s before reopening on 24 February 2014 in the presence of Raúl Castro.

In 2016, the restored Teatro Martí appeared on Cuban postage stamps.

Photo of the theater circa 1903.