--- title: Cuban Embassy in Washington: Photos description: After five decades, Cuba and the U.S. restore diplomatic ties canonical: https://time.com/3964554/cuba-embassy-washington-photos/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-20T16:06:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:02:24.335Z article:section: Politics og:title: See Inside the New Cuban Embassy in Washington og:description: The embassy opened on Monday og:url: https://time.com/3964554/cuba-embassy-washington-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt02d514fe11703ab4/69885b9c524fc0b6c1df3a4f/cuban-embassy-washington-7.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Cuban Embassy Washington DC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Inside the New Cuban Embassy in Washington twitter:description: The embassy opened on Monday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt02d514fe11703ab4/69885b9c524fc0b6c1df3a4f/cuban-embassy-washington-7.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Inside the New Cuban Embassy in Washington by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Jul 20, 2015 4:06 PM UTC  A guard stands in front of the new Cuban embassy after officials raised the national flag in a ceremony in Washington on July 20, 2015. A guard stands in front of the new Cuban embassy after officials raised the national flag in a ceremony in Washington on July 20, 2015.Carlos Barria—Reuters by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Jul 20, 2015 4:06 PM UTC  A large crowd of people gather to watch the Cuban flag being raised outside the Cuban embassy in Washington on July 20, 2015. Jim Lo Scalzo—EPA  The last Cuban flag that was lowered from the former Cuban Embassy in Washington on January 3, 1961 when relations between the United States and Cuba were severed, hangs in the new Cuban Embassy in Washington on July 20, 2015. Andrew Harnik—Pool/EPA  The last Cuban flag that was lowered from the former Cuban Embassy in Washington on January 3, 1961 when relations between the United States and Cuba were severed, hangs in the new Cuban Embassy in Washington on July 20, 2015. Andrew Harnik—Pool/EPA  The last Cuban flag that was lowered from the former Cuban Embassy in Washington on January 3, 1961 when relations between the United States and Cuba were severed, hangs in the new Cuban Embassy in Washington on July 20, 2015. Andrew Harnik—Pool/Reuters  View of the skylight over the main room of the new Cuban embassy in Washington on July 20, 2015. Andrew Harnik—Pool/Reuters  A member of a Cuban honor guard salutes as Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez prepares to raise the Cuban flag over their new embassy in Washington, on July 20, 2015. Andrew Harnik—Pool/Reuters  A guard stands in front of the new Cuban embassy after officials raised the national flag in a ceremony in Washington on July 20, 2015. 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