The Cohiba Cigar Factory

(Havana Times) Situated within a stunning mansion located along 146st Street in Havana’s Cubanacan community is the factory of the coveted Cohiba cigar.
Issuing from the special plantations in the western Pinar del Rio Province, these cigars —possessing no rings to indicate their brand— were first produced for the exclusive use by members of the Council of State (to smoke or to hand out as gifts). It was in 1982 that Celia Sanchez Manduley christened them their present name, which is what our indigenous ancestors called rolled tobacco. Continued

Image: Making "pure Havanas," the world's most famous cigars, largest factory of Havana, Cuba, c1903 (Library of Congress).