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Photo Galleries - Punta Gorda
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The Yellow House |
Punta Gorda 2 |
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Punta Gorda 5 |
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Punta Gorda 13 |
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Punta Gorda 17 |
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| Punta Gorda - Art deco vacation homes - Cienfuegos, Cuba Punta Gorda is a tiny peninsula of vacation homes less than half a kilometre in length built by wealthy Cubans, circa 1905 -20. The technique of house structure used, dates back to Chicago, around 1830 and known as “Balloon Frame”, a derogatory name implying the house would “blow away like a balloon”. Well, these structures have lasted almost a century, sitting on a exposed peninsula jutting into the bay of Cienfuegos, right in the path of ‘Hurricane Alley’. The ‘rich and famous’ are long gone….the houses are still there… |
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