Translation of erigir

The entrance hall had a design of the seventies which I found charming. An older man came towards me an asked me whether I needed a ride. I agreed and we drove to downtown of Havana, capital of Cuba.
In my opinion, this is another thing, it is rooted in history. People of different countries will always point to their neighbor's mistakes, a vicious cirlce arises which is very hard to avoid.
We went to eat dinner at an Indian restaurant an my wife and I were afraid that it would turn our stomace upside down, just a day before we had to take the long train journey back to the capital.