Sancti Spiritus is a municipality and capital city of the province of Sancti Spiritus which has a population of just less than 100,000 people and is located in central Cuba. The name Sancti Spiritus is Latin for “Holy Spirit”. Founded by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar in 1514 Sancti Spiritus is one of the oldest Cuban European settlements.
The city as it is known today shot to prominence when Francisco Iznaga, an affluent Spanish Basque landowner from the western portion of Cuba and, one of the principal individuals present during the colonization of Cuba, was elected mayor of Bayamo in 1540. Iznaga was the originator of a powerful family tree that ultimately settled in the province of Sancti Spiritus and more specifically the town of Trinidad where Torre Iznaga remains as one of the town’s main historic buildings. Oddly enough, Iznaga’s desc
Sancti Spiritus is the quintessential colonial city and what better place to hold the Museo de Arte Colonial ( Colonial Art Museum ) which is one of Sancti Spiritus’s most splendid colonial homes and a major attraction.
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