Salon de los Pasos Perdidos. Official reception hall of gthe El Capitolio Nacional, in the Renaissance style, 400 feet long and 45 feet tall. El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba

This beautiful room, once used when congress was in session, now sits empty and unused. The Havana Capitol was built from April 1, 1926-1929; the building cost 17 million Pesos and is bigger than the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:089).
Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.