Resumen
Exactly in the same spot where the Villa of San Cristóbal of Havana was founded, a monument that looks like a petty temple from Ancient Greece rises: the Templete. This important building of the city has been suffering structural lesions not very common for one with its characteristics, small, of robust texture, adequate materials and good construction, therefore of excellent structural stability. Different interventions have not been able to avoid these structural lesions that appear from time to time. Therefore it became necessary to study the problem using more sophisticated techniques which allowed us to determine its cause. In this paper a description is made of the procedure of pathologic diagnosis followed to identify the lesions and the techniques employed to figure out cause of the problem and to give a definite solution to the lesions found.Rev. ing. constr. [online]. 2012, vol.27, n.2, pp. 19-33. ISSN 0718-5073. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-50732012000200002