The National School of the Arts (ENA). Photo: Amilcar Navarro.
Mary Taylor: Envisioned by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara as an important revolutionary institution, The National School of the Arts (la ENA, Escuelas Nationales De Arte- also known as “the City of Arts”) was founded in March 1962 in the Cubanacan neighborhood of Havana. The campus, with five buildings set on the grounds of what was once the exclusive golf course of the Havana Country Club, was designed by architects Ricardo Porro, Roberto Gottardi and Vittorio Garatti. UNESCO lists this compound as among the most outstanding examples of the Modernist Movement in Cuba.