Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País de la Habana explained

The Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País de la Habana or Real Sociedad Patriótica de la Habana (est. 1792 or 1793) is a learned society in Havana, Cuba. It was initially organized to promote agriculture, commerce, education, and industry, modelled on the Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País in Spain. Founding members included Diego de la Barrera, Francisco Joseph Basabe,, Luis de Las Casas, Juan Manuel O'Farrill, Tomás Romay y Luis Peñalver, and Antonio Robledo.[1] [2] In its early decades the group produced publications, maintained a library in the Convento de Santo Domingo (1800-1844), and arranged educational programs.[3] Around the 1790s the group built the Hospicio o Casa de Beneficencia in Havana.

Variant names

The society has renamed itself several times, as follows:

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Issued by the society
About the society

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20041115104023/http://www.seap.cult.cu/quienes_somos.htm . ¿Quiénes Somos? . dead . November 15, 2004 . es . Sociedad Económica Amigos del País . Havana .
  2. Book: Paul Niell. Urban Space as Heritage in Late Colonial Cuba: Classicism and Dissonance on the Plaza de Armas of Havana, 1754-1828. 2015. . 978-0-292-76659-4 . 59–67.
  3. Free Association and Civil Society in Cuba, 1787-1895 . Alfonso W. Quiroz . . 43 . 33–64 . 1 . 2011 . 10.1017/S0022216X10001781 . 143209253 .