Biblioteca Provincial "Ruben
Martinez Villena"
Plaza de Armas
La Habana Vieja
Weekdays 8.30 - 6
Newly built, with help from Spain
Biblioteca Nacional Jose
Marti
Avenida de la Independencia
Plaza de la Revolucion
Monday - Saturday 8 - 5.45
Open to the public
Biblioteca Ramon Gonzalez
Coro
Avenida Colon No 3
Next to the Teatro Milanes
Weekdays 8 - 6pm ; Saturday 8 - 4
Biblioteca Gener y Del Monte
Calles 79 and 290
Parque Libertad
Weekdays 8.30 - 10 ; Saturday
8.30 - 3.30 ; Sunday 8.30 - 12.30
Housed in the former Casino
Espanol
Founded in 1835, this is one of the oldest libraries in Cuba
Biblioteca Provincial Roberto
Garcia Valdes
Calle 37 No 3615
Avenidas 56 y 58
Biblioteca Provincial Jose
Marti
Parque Vidal
Santa Clara
A nice place to take refuge when it is raining
Biblioteca
Parque Serafin Sanchez
Biblioteca Provincial Roberto
Rivas Fragas
Ayuntamiento
Parque Marti
Part of the library is in the Museo Provincial, Jose Antonio Echevarria No 25, in a former school building marked Instituto de Segunda Ensenanza, west of the centre along Avenida Libertad.
Biblioteca Provincial Julio
A Mella
Parque Agramonte
Biblioteca Jose Marti
Vicente Garcia No 4
Francisco Vega y Francisco Varona
Biblioteca Provincial Alex
Urquiola
Maceo 178e
Frexes y Marti
Has a very pleasant modern reading room
Biblioteca Provincial 1868
Cespedes 52e
Caducha Figueredos y Teoie
Bayamo
Has a separate children's library
Biblioteca Provincial Elvira
Cape
Heredia 257e
Hartman y Pio Rosado
Guantanamo
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