The Capitolio, Havana, Cuba

A symbol of the city,the Capitol (Capitolio) was inaugurated in 1929 by the dictator Gerardo Macahdo and is a loose but taller imitation of Washington DC's Capitol.

It stands in an area once occupied by a botanical garden and later by the Cuban capital's first railway station. The home of the government until 1959, the Capitol has seen major historic events. In 1933, the police fired on a crowd gathered here during an anti-Machado demonstration. Today, the building houses the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment.