Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, Zona 18, Old Havana: doorway, 2012
Doorway in Old Havana with hand-painted lettering 'C.D.R. #1 Zona # 18 H. Vieja' above a small emblem, and a yellow notice of public hours above the door. The tell: the block's office carries the name of the organisation announced on 28 September 1960, in which defending 'the Revolution' and keeping watch on the neighbours are one civic task.
- Date
- March 30, 2012
- Period
- Contemporary
- Made by
- Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), Zona 18, Old Havana: a Cuban mass organisation recognised in the constitution, working under the Communist Party
- Region
- Latin America
- Country
- Cuba
- Medium
- Signs and banners
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Fidel Castro Government
- Leader
- Raul Castro
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Techniques
- Identity fusion
- Leader
- Raúl Castro
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (photograph by Keizers), retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 (photographer's own licence, as stated on the Commons file page)
Photo: Keizers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
C.D.R. #1 ZONA # 18 H. VIEJA. COMITÉ MILITAR MUNICIPAL ÁREA DE ATENCIÓN No. 1 HORARIO DE ATENCIÓN AL PÚBLICO LUNES: de 08:30 a 12:30 MIÉRCOLES: de 13:00 a 15:00 SÁBADO: de 09:00 a 12:00
C.D.R. #1 ZONE # 18 OLD HAVANA. MUNICIPAL MILITARY COMMITTEE SERVICE AREA No. 1 OPENING HOURS FOR THE PUBLIC MONDAY: from 08:30 to 12:30 WEDNESDAY: from 13:00 to 15:00 SATURDAY: from 09:00 to 12:00
'H. VIEJA' is read as Habana Vieja (Old Havana). The plaque is small and partly in shadow; its heading and the opening hours are read from the 960 px copy and may contain errors of one character.
