abstract:Eusebio Leal Spengler, (born 11 September 1942, in Havana, Cuba), is the Havana City Historian, director of the restoration program of Old Havana and its historical center, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Deputy to the National Assembly of the Popular Power in the IV, V and VI Legislature, Ambassador of Good Will of the United Nations, the University of Havana and has his masters in Latin American, Caribbean, and Cuban Studies. He is President of the Commission of Monuments in the City of Havana and a specialist in Archeological Sciences.
In his presentation, Havana Historian EusebioLeal highlighted the importance of having included Old Havana and its fortress system on the World Heritage List.