- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRicardo Porro Hidalgo
- Nickname
- Porromini
- Ricardo Porro was born on November 3, 1925 in Camagüey, Cuba. He was married to Elena Freyre de Andrade. He died on December 25, 2014 in Paris, France.
- SpouseElena Freyre de Andrade(1954 - December 25, 2014) (his death, 1 child)
- He studied architecture at the University of Havana.
- In 1957, his clandestine opposition to the regime of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista placed him in danger of arrest. He fled with his wife to Venezuela, but returned to Cuba after the revolution.
- He was an architect who gave expression to a hopeful young Cuban revolution in the early 1960s. His two National Art Schools were begun during a utopian time in the revolution, then abandoned as "counterrevolutionary" as Cuba fell under Soviet influence. He lived the rest of his life in exile in France.
- You realize that you've been accused of something. And then you realize that you have been judged. And then you realize you are guilty. And nobody tells you. [on falling out of favor with the Communist government of Cuba]
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