- Finca Vigía
Finca Vigía (Spanish for "Lookout Farm") was the home of
Ernest Hemingway inSan Francisco de Paula ,Cuba , and now houses amuseum .The house was built in
1886 on a hill nearHavana by Catalanarchitect Miguel Pascual y Baguer . Hemingway lived in the house from1939 to1961 . It was at Finca Vigía that he wrote most of "The Old Man and the Sea " and "For Whom the Bell Tolls ".The home, claimed to be in danger of collapse by the
U.S. National Trust for Historic Preservation , was restored by the Cuban government and reopened to tourists in 2007. Even so, it has been listed as one of the 11 most-endangered historic sites, despite being outside the U.S. Also, it is on theWorld Monuments Fund 's biennial list of "100 most endangered sites". Significant disputes and controversies have arisen over the condition of the house and its contents, although researchers who have visited the estate return with consistent claims that the Cuban government, while lacking funding from the US, has responsibly maintained the house, contents, wooden boat Pilar, and the grounds since the Revolution.In an article published by the
Times Online on June 10, 2008, Irish thriller writerAdrian McKinty alleged that during a visit to Hemingway's home, a Cuban secret policeman offered him any book in Hemingway's library for $200. [ [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article4105740.ece "Any book in Hemingway's library for $200," Times Online] June 10, 2008]Notes
External links
* [http://www.preservationnation.org/travel-and-sites/sites/southern-region/finca-vigia-ernest-hemingway-house.html National Trust]
* [http://www.pbs.org/hemingwayadventure/finca.html PBS]
* [http://www.hemingwaysociety.org/justice/Default.htm Hemingway Society]
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