Little Havana in Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
La Peña Versailles
Photographed by Benito D Prats
1. La Peña Versailles Marker
La Peña de Versailles
En reconocimiento a los cubanos; hombres y mujeres que nunca se resignaron a vivir sin libertad. Los cuales diariamente se reunieron en este Restaurant Versailles centro patriotico y cultural del exilio. Para aportar ideas y compartir el sueño de un regreso a la patria que espera.
La Peña de Versailles
20 de mayo 2007
La Peña de Versailles
In recognition of the Cuban men and women who never resigned themselves to living without freedom. They daily met in this Restaurant Versailles, a patriotic and cultural center of exile in order to contribute ideas and share the dream of a return to the homeland that awaits them.
La Peña de Versailles
May 20, 2007
Erected 2007 by La Peña Versailles.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical date for this entry is November 10, 1972.
Location. 25° 45.892′ N, 80° 15.161′ W. Marker is in Miami, Florida, in Miami-Dade County. It is in Little Havana.
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Regionally, this marker is in South Florida and on the Gold Coast. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Coral Gables Woman's Club (approx. 0.4 miles away); City of Coral Gables (approx. one mile away); Police and Fire Station (approx. 1.1 miles away); Coral Gables Miracle Mile (approx. 1.2 miles away); George E. Merrick (approx. 1.3 miles away); George Edgar Merrick (approx. 1.3 miles away); Site of Packing House of Coral Gables Plantation (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Coral Gables Golf and Country Club (approx. 1.6 miles away).
Regarding La Peña Versailles. The pictures where taken on the 50th anniversary of the restaurant on November 10, 2021. They celebrated by selling food at prices in their 1971 menu. Espresso coffee for 20 cents, steak (palomilla) dinner $3.75, etc. Many dinners, events, discussions, reunions have blessed this location over the last 50 years.
Additional keywords. Cuba, human rights, anti-communists, refugees, political persecution, freedom, liberty, freedom of expression, religious freedom, freedom of the press, migration,
Photographed by Benito D Prats, April 2, 2022
2. La Peña Versailles Marker
Photographed by Benito D Prats
3. Versailles Restuarant
Photographed by Benito D Prats, April 2, 2022
4. La Ventanita … The little window…
Step up and get a quick order of Cuban expresso coffee with lots of sugar, a cortadito - the same but mixed w froth of milk, a Cuban croquette, empanada, guava pastry or assorted other lunch and snacks
Photographed by Benito D Prats
5. La Peña Versailles Marker
Senate Resolution of November 2021 Honoring the 50th Anniversary of Restaurant Versailles
Credits. This page was last revised on October 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2021, by Benito D Prats of Miami, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,011 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 25, 2022, by Benito D Prats of Miami, Florida. 2. submitted on April 4, 2022, by Benito D Prats of Miami, Florida. 3. submitted on November 11, 2021, by Benito D Prats of Miami, Florida. 4. submitted on April 4, 2022, by Benito D Prats of Miami, Florida. 5. submitted on June 25, 2022, by Benito D Prats of Miami, Florida. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
