 "It is similar to that in Washington D.C, but a meter higher, a meter wider, and a meter longer, as well as much richer in detail.To finish its construction they needed more than 5000 workers, 3 years, 3 months and 20 days; as well as approximately 17 million American dollars".Completed in 1929, it was the tallest building in Havana until the 1950s.