at the border of the park is the santa clara libre hotel (formerly the santa clara hilton), considered by critics and the public to be very unattractive compared to the rest of the park, as it clashes with all the surrounding architecture both in scale and design. it is thought that the cuban revolution of 1959 caused the cancellation of further projects for higher towers in the plaza, which would have contributed to further destroying the existing colonial and eclectic architectural style of the plaza. however, the building is rich in history. the walls of the hotel still show multiple machine gun marks from the attack of che guevara and camilo cienfuegos' rebel forces during the 1959 revolt. the teatro de la caridad (charity’s theater) is one of the eight grand theaters of the cuban colonial era. other buildings around the plaza include the plaza central hotel, former city hall and the colonial de santa clara center of dance, and in the corner is the museum of decorative arts, which houses one of the biggest collections of colonial decorative arts in the country.