Born in Havana on September 23, 1911. Son of an outstanding novelist, playwright and journalist, he became an exemplary chronicler. He was a lawyer by profession, but in practice he was more of a writer, playwright, historian and humorist. In his work he had the gift of the word to transmit anecdotes, experiences and tell dissimilar stories of characters and facts of the life of the Cuban people through the talks he held and in the peña he kept for years at the Louvre Sidewalk in Havana.  Robreño also wrote several books. His costumbrista work, oral and written, went beyond the borders of his physical existence. He was awarded significant recognitions and decorations, among them the Distinction for National Culture, the Alejo Carpentier Medal, and the Replica of the Mambi Machete of Generalissimo Máximo Gómez.

Louvre Sidewalk

The area between Prado Street between San Rafael and San Miguel is known as Acera del Louvre (Louvre Sidewalk). It was a meeting place for young patriots at the end of the 19th century. Since 1864, when the Escáuriza building disappeared, a café called El Louvre was built there, and that is how this block began to be called. In this place the police repressed several times old black women and street merchants in what the Havana people later called the battle of the milk punch. In 1971 the Louvre Sidewalk was restored.

Replica of the mambí machete of Generalissimo Máximo Gómez.

It is a Distinction granted by the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba to writers, artists, journalists and cultural and informative institutions for their meritorious work and for being examples of Cuban intellectuals committed to their time and history. It is awarded annually every April 16, a date that has a symbolic value for Cuba because that day commemorates the anniversary of the proclamation in 1961 of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution and the celebration of the Day of the Militiaman.