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Cigars · La Habana

Partagás Cigar Factory (Cifuentes)

Confiscated cigar factory/brand (1845)

🔴 Stateℹ️ Atlas — info only⚠️ Title III risk — active suit
Scale
2nd best-selling Cuban cigar 1950s
Status
Confiscated 1960; building closed (2020 roof collapse)
Sector
Cigars
Province
La Habana
Coordinates
23.134, -82.361
Layer
Layer 2 · Atlas
Notes
Calle Industria 520, behind Capitolio.
Controlling entity
Habanos S.A.

State + foreign-partner cigar distribution monopoly. Current holder of the confiscated Cuban cigar marques (Partagás, Montecristo, H. Upmann, Romeo y Julieta, Hoyo de Monterrey).

Helms-Burton · confiscated property
⚠️ Title III risk — active suit
Original owner (1960)
Cifuentes family
1972 certified value
uncertified
Current claim-holder
Habanos S.A. (Cuban) / General Cigar (non-Cuban, DR)
Certified (FCSC)
No — uncertified
Title III status

Rodríguez heirs sued over Partagás building 2020

Read the Cifuentes family's story →
Sources: Cigar Aficionado · Wikipedia