Santiago de Cuba Iri nderimwe remaguta iwe aunogona kushanyira kuCuba, kuwedzera kuguta guru, yakanaka Trinidad, Cienfuegos kana PIanr del Río, kungo taura ayo anouya mundangariro dzangu izvozvi. Iyo ine akawanda emakona enhoroondo uye nzvimbo yakanaka yekutanga kushanya ndiyo Imba yaDon Diego Velázquez.
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar aive akakunda mushambadzi weSpain uyo akazova gavhuna wekutanga weCuba muna 1511. Akazvarwa mumhuri ine mbiri yeCuéllar, akazova murwi uye gore rimwe chete mushure mekunge Columbus asvika muAmerica akayambuka Atlantic kuenda kunzvimbo dzisina kufukidzwa. Akasvika parwendo rwechipiri rwaColumbus uye akazvipira kukunda uye kuzadza Cuba, uye kubva pano akatsigira mafambiro akapera muMexico makore akazotevera. KuCuba aigara mune imba hombe iri muSantiago de Cuba uye muimba yake yekurara yeimba iyi akafa husiku hwaJune 11 kusvika 12, 1524. Imba iyi yakavakwa pakati pa1516 na1530 uye ndiyo imba yekare kudarika dzose Nyika.
Iine zvinhu zveMudejar art, balconies, lattices, matombo madziro, goridhe nesirivha yekutsvavira choto uye akawanda ekutanga madhoo, windows uye siringi. Icho chinhu chinokosha. Iinewo patio yepakati ine tangi. Usarasikirwa nazvo sezvo nhasi iri kushanda mukati meMuseum yeMamiriro Ezvakatipoteredza.