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he left all his belongings to build schools in the city of Havana for poor and underserved children. This is how the
Salvador José Zapata Schools (or Zapata Schools) began, and the first school was inaugurated in 1873. By 1876 classes were also given to adults.
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He emigrated to Cuba at the beginning of the 19th century and started working as an assistant in a pharmacy in Havana. Between 1808 and 1812, he studied in the
Faculty of Pharmacy at the
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Salvador José Zapata was born on
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The painter Miguel Melero
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Over time he earned a small fortune and when he died in 1854, in his
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Elias, Avelino
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