Mario Girona

• Name — Mario Girona • Birth Name — Mario Miguel Girona Fernández • Born — January 13, 1924 • Birthplace — Manzanillo, Granma Province, Cuba • Died — 26 August 2008 • Place of death — Havana, La Habana Province, Cuba • Resting Place — Colon Cemetery, Havana, Cuba • Education — University of Havana • Occupation — Architect, educator

Mario Miguel Girona Fernández was born on January 13, 1924, in Manzanillo. His older brother was painter Julio Girona (or Julio Girona Fernández; 1914–2002). In his youth, he was in support of the Cuban Revolution. In 1940, Girona began his studies at the "Fernando Aguado y Rico Higher School of Trades" in Havana. In 1945, he entered the faculty of architecture at the University of Havana, where he graduated in 1953. In the 1960s Girona was appointed to carry out an architectural project to design the Coppelia ice cream parlor in the Vedado district of Havana. He participated in the Expo 67 in Montreal in 1967, with his design of a boutique-ice cream parlor. He also became faculty at his alma mater, the University of Havana. The National Union of Construction Architects of Cuba (Unión Nacional de Arquitectos Constructores de Cuba; now UNAICC) awarded him the "National Prize for Life and Work" in 1996.

• 1957, Hotel Capri, Havana, Cuba • 1966, Coppelia, Vedado district, Havana, Cuba • 1966, "Pío Lindo" Country Restaurant, Ciénaga de Zapata, Cuba • 1974, Hotel MarAzul, Havana, Cuba • 1975, Las Terrazas, Habana, Cuba; coffee workers housing • 1998, Terminal 3, José Marti International Airport, Havana, Cuba

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation architect. The register further records that mario Girona is recorded as a citizen of Cuba. Institutional cataloguing adds that mario Girona is recorded with the gender male. Born on 13 January 1924. It is also recorded that mario Girona died on 26 August 2008. It is also recorded that the Virgin of the angels of Sant Martí Vell. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Virgin of the Assumption. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Virgin of the body.