Havana Museum of Decorative Arts
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The Museum of Decorative Arts (Museo de Artes Decorativas), in the Vedado
Vedado
Vedado is the downtown and a vibrant neighboorhood in the city of Havana, Cuba. Bordered on the east by Central Havana, and on the west by the Miramar/Playa district. The main street running east to west is Calle 23, also known as 'La Rampa'...

 district of Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...

, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

 is a decorative arts museum in the former residence of the Maria Luisa Gomez Mena viuda de Cagiga, Countess of Revilla de Camargo, sister of Jose Gomez Mena, the owner of the Manzana de Gomez
Manzana de Gomez
Manzana de Gomez , a 20th century building in Havana, was the first shopping mall in Cuba. It is 5 stories tall. It was built by Jose Gomez Mena...

. It was it was designed in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

by architects P. Virad and M. Destuque, inspired in French Renaissance and was built between 1924 and 1927 in a neo-classical style.
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