1886. The works of the Colón Cemetery were concluded in Havana. It is the largest in Cuba and one of the largest in Latin America.

Due to the large number of monuments by national and foreign sculptors of dissimilar architectural manifestations and styles, this necropolis is of great significance. The grandeur of its façade stands out, which is topped by a sculptural ensemble that symbolizes the three theological virtues, faith, hope and charity. This sculptural group was the work of the Cuban sculptor José Vilalta de Saavedra, who was also the author of other important monuments in this cemetery.

He was one of the first Cuban sculptors trained in Carrara. He became known in Cuba when he presented the Monument project to the eight medical students and won first place. His work is also present in the Colón cemetery in Havana. He was also the creator of the statue to José Martí in the Central Park of Havana, which was the first to be erected in Cuba in homage to this great figure in our history.

1920. Eliseo Diego is born in Havana.

Through his existence he achieved the title of Doctor of Pedagogy. He served as a professor of English and American literature, as well as director of the department of literature and children's stories of the José Martí National Library, which is the largest center of its kind in Cuba and was founded in 1901. The first director of the library was Domingo Figarola Caneda. The fundamental objectives of this center are to acquire, process, store and disseminate the national bibliographic heritage and the most representative of universal culture, as well as to compile the current and retrospective national bibliography and specialized bibliographies and to ensure and control compliance with current legislation regarding the bibliographic wealth of the nation.

Eliseo Diego was a member of the executive bureau of the Literature Section of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, an organization that was founded on August 22, 1961 in Havana. It is a social organization with cultural and artistic purposes, with its own legal personality and full legal capacity, which groups within it, on a voluntary basis and following the principle of selectivity, (based on its artistic curriculum) Cuban writers and artists. .

Eliseo Diego was also an outstanding poet and narrator.

He used the word to embellish life, to create poetry.

His death occurred in Havana on March 1, 1994.