The burial vault of the Dental College of Havana in Colon Cemetery

Authors

  • Alain Manuel Chaple Gil Centro Internacional de Salud “La Pradera”. La Habana. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Victoria de Girón”. Departamento de Estomatología General Integral. La Habana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8571-4429
  • Lisandra Quintana Muñoz Policlínico Docente de Playa. La Habana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1976-6981
  • Josefa Dolores Miranda Tarragó Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Victoria de Girón”. Departamento de Estomatología General Integral. La Habana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3131-2926

Keywords:

history, history of dentistry, 20th century history, funerary practices, heritage.

Abstract

Funerary monuments containing several tombs are called burial vaults. The purpose of the study was to describe some historical elements of the burial vault of the Dental College of Havana in Colon Cemetery. A historical-particular-descriptive study was conducted from June to December 2017. A review was performed of documents related to the topic in Colon Cemetery. The information obtained was arranged chronologically to facilitate the description of events related to the burial vault, and a search was carried out on the Internet and libraries to clarify the definitions and find similar research studies. All the information was scanned in a library created on EndNote X7 to facilitate the processing of the text in Microsoft Word. The burial vault was sold to the Dental College of Havana on 21 April 1939 as a parcel of land in Colon Cemetery. It is located in the South-West Quarter, Lot No. 6 of the Third Class Monuments Area, and carries the number 22361. Burials in the vault started on 14 January 1940, and the marble used for its construction was supplied by "Mármoles Pennino".

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Author Biographies

Alain Manuel Chaple Gil, Centro Internacional de Salud “La Pradera”. La Habana. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Victoria de Girón”. Departamento de Estomatología General Integral. La Habana

Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana, Instituto de Ciencias Básicas y Preclínicas "Victoria de Girón"

Departamento Carrera de Estomatología

Profesor Asistente

Josefa Dolores Miranda Tarragó, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Victoria de Girón”. Departamento de Estomatología General Integral. La Habana

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Profesora Consultante

Departamento Carrera de Estomatología

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Published

2019-05-27

How to Cite

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Chaple Gil AM, Quintana Muñoz L, Miranda Tarragó JD. The burial vault of the Dental College of Havana in Colon Cemetery. Rev Cubana Estomatol [Internet]. 2019 May 27 [cited 2025 Mar. 13];56(2):234-4. Available from: https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/2092

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 2 (2019): APR- JUN

Section

History and Pedagogy

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