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Valentine's Day: The lovers who left their heart in Havana cemetery

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Cuban sugar magnate Juan Pedro Baro spared no expense when it came to building the immense marble tomb of his one true love in Havana's Colon cemetery, an unlikely repository of past passions. Baro's adulterous romance with one of Cuba's most beautiful women, Cataline Lasa, who died in 1930, scandalised high society, but lives on in the luxurious touches of her Art Deco mausoleum.

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Valentine's Day: The lovers who left their heart in Havana cemetery

5 months ago·Noida, India

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The lovers who left their heart in Havana cemetery

HAVANA -- Cuban sugar magnate Juan Pedro Baro spared no expense when it came to building the immense marble tomb of his one true love in Havana's Colon cemetery, an unlikely repository of past passions. Baro's adulterous romance with one of Cuba's most beautiful women, Cataline Lasa, who died in 1930, scandalized high society, but lives on in the luxurious touches of her Art Deco mausoleum. "The cemetery is full of love stories," said Mario Dari…

5 months ago·Manila, Philippines

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Times of Malta

The lovers who left their heart in Havana cemetery

Cuban sugar magnate Juan Pedro Baro spared no expense when it came to building the immense marble tomb of his one true love in Havana’s Colon cemetery, an unlikely repository of past passions.Baro’s adulterous romance with one of Cuba’s most beautiful women, Cataline Lasa, who died in 1930, scandalised high society, but lives on in...

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Cuba. This is the cemetery that treasures moving love stories

Para el magnate cubano del azúcar, Juan Pedro Baró, nada sería demasiado lujoso para depositar los restos de la gran pasión de su vida, Catalina Lasa, fallecida en 1930. Como la leyenda de esta pareja, el Cementerio de Colón en La Habana atesora "conmovedoras"historias de amor."En el cementerio hay muchas historias de amor", declara el cantautor Mario Darias, de 66 años, apasionado de las anécdotas de la necrópolis habanera, fundada en 1876 y qu…

5 months ago·Mexico

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