Cuban Architects Honored in Italy

HAVANA TIMES — The designers of the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana were presented with the 2012 Vittorio de Sicca Award for Architecturee in Rome by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.

Cuban architect Ricardo Porro and Italians Roberto Gottardi and Vittorio Garatti were honored on Wednesday at the ceremony at the Quirinale Palace, the royal Italian residence, according to Prensa Latina.

The award is granted each year in Rome to important world figures in the fields of cinema and the arts, culture, science and society.