View frrom the balcony in front of my room across the parking lot of the mansion housing the restaurant we ate dinner at. is an architectural jewel located in the Punta Gorda, in the city of Cienfuegos reminiscent of Spanish-Moorish art with influences of Gothic, Romanesque, Baroque and Mudejar arts. The land was purchased by the wealthy busines tycoon Don Acisclo del Valle, owner of several plants, including the now defunct San Lino wit. The construction began in 1913 and the work was entrusted to Italian architect Alfredo Colli and foreman Juan Suarez, ending in 1917, costing a million and half pesos. It turned an architectural whim.All materials were imported from Carrara marble, alabaster also Italian, Venetian ceramics Granada, Spanish ironwork and forgings, mosaics and glass Talavera European hardwood mahogany least in our country. In the interior decorations of the building, there are inscriptions that indicate the nationality of the artisans involved in its construction. In the 1950's, an investment company bought the land on which stands the palace, which was thought to turn it into a gambling casino adjacent to the Hotel Jagua, but it was prevented by the revolution.