Deteriorated though much of it is, what might be the most surprising thing to travelers about Cuba´s capital - still the most beautiful in the Caribbean - is how well-rounded it also is. Especially culturally, with restaurants, cafés, shops and ubiquitous music joined by high-quality museums such as the Museum of Fine Arts, with international as well as Cuban works, divided between a modern facility and the magnificent late-19th-century Centro Asturiano (Asturian social club); the Museum of the City, showcasing colonial history; the Museum of Decorative Arts, showcasing the lifestyles of the wealthy before the Cuban Revolution of 1959; the Museum of Colonial Art; the Museum of the Revolution, charting the roots of contemporary Communist Cuba (more about that below); and even a Napoleon Museum, based on the private collection of Napoleonic artifacts by a 19th-century sugar planter.
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