Architecture in Cuba: Aldama Palace
Destination: Havana City
Address: Calle Reina esq. Estrella. Havana City. Cuba
Description: Neo-classicism affected all new buildings in Havana and can be seen all over the…

Architecture in Cuba: America Building
Destination: Havana City
Address: Galiana y Neptuno. Havana City. Cuba
Description: The building constructed for Mr. Antonio Rodriguez Vazquez, in the corner of Galiano…

Architecture in Cuba: Antiguo Convento de San Fransisco de Asis
Destination: Trinidad
Address: Trinidad. Cuba
Description: This is the classic postcard-view of Trinidad: the bell tower of the ancient convent,…

Architecture in Cuba: Antonio Hoces Carrillo House
Destination: Havana City
Address: Obispo 117-119 e/ Oficios y Mercaderes, Old Havana.
Description: This primitive two-story house corresponds to all the characteristics of a stately…

Architecture in Cuba: Asturian Center Building
Destination: Havana City
Address: Havana City. Cuba
Description: The Asturian Center opened up in this new see in 1927. Eclectic in style, the building…

Architecture in Cuba: Bacardi Building
Destination: Havana City
Address: Old Havana. Cuba
Description: At the end of 19th Century, the Bacardi rum was very famous in Cuba and abroad.…

Architecture in Cuba: Blanco Palace
Destination: Cienfuegos
Address: Avenue 54 between the streets 33 and 35, Cienfuegos. Cuba
Description: This important construction, which has been declared Local Monument, is inside the…

Architecture in Cuba: Borrel House
Destination: Trinidad
Address: Trinidad. Cuba

Architecture in Cuba: Brunet House
Destination: Trinidad
Address: Trinidad. Cuba
Description: Placed in the palace of the Casa Brunet Count, a wealthy Creole who finished building…

Architecture in Cuba: Captain Generals Palace’s
Destination: Havana City
Address: Tacon Street between Obispo and O`Relly, Havana City. Cuba
Description: One of the most important architectural monuments in Old Havana, of a neat Baroque…

Architecture in Cuba: Casa del Fundador
Destination: Cienfuegos
Address: Calle 29 esq. a Ave. 54. Cienfuegos City. Cuba
Description: This former home of Cienfuegos founder Don Louis D’Clouet is located on the…

Architecture in Cuba: Castillo de Jagua
Destination: Cienfuegos
Address: Calle 23 No. 551 esq. a G, Vedado
Description: In Castillo de Jagua Fortress, which is considered the 3ª important fortress…

Architecture in Cuba: Cathedral Church
Destination: Havana City
Address: San Ignacio y Empedradon, Old Havana
Description: The Cathedral (1748 -1777) dominating the Plaza de la Caterdral (1749) is the best…

Architecture in Cuba: Central Railroad Station Building
Destination: Havana City
Address: Havana City. Cuba
Description: After the old Army Arsenal was torn down, on the site where it had stood, the Railroad…

Architecture in Cuba: Chorrera Fortress
Destination: Havana City
Address: Malecon Avenue, Havana City. Cuba
Description: Located at the mouth of the La Chorrera River, today Almendares river, located at…

Architecture in Cuba: City Hall of Santiago de Cuba
Destination: Santiago de Cuba
Address: Santiago de Cuba
Description: The current building of the City Hall of Santiago de Cuba was inaugurated in 1950…

Architecture in Cuba: Cojimar Fortress
Destination: Havana City
Address: Cojimar, Havana City. Cuba
Description: If the 16th century had La Real Fuerza as an invulnerable shield in its military…

Architecture in Cuba: Cuba National Art Schools
Destination: Havana City
Address: Reparto Cubanacan. Havana City. Cuba
Description: Architecture, Cuba’s National Art Schools, Cuba. Cuba’s National Art…

Architecture in Cuba: Cuban National Bank Building
Destination: Havana City
Address: Obispo Street. Old Havana
Description: In 1901 the North American Trust Company began to operate as National Bank. In 1907…

Architecture in Cuba: Diego Velazquez Museum
Destination: Santiago de Cuba
Address: Santo Tomás No. 612 e/ Aguilera y Heredia, Santiago de Cuba
Description: It is the mansion that belonged to Diego Velazquez (Spanish conqueror, first Governor…

Architecture in Cuba: El Templete
Destination: Havana City
Address: Armas Square, Havana City. Cuba
Description: This small neo-classical style construction was built in the second half of the…

Architecture in Cuba: Escuela Nacional de Arte
Destination: Havana City
Address: Reparto Cubanacan. Playa. Havana City. Cuba

Architecture in Cuba: Ferrer Palace
Destination: Cienfuegos
Address: Ave.54 esq.Calle 25, Cienfuegos. Cuba
Description: People say that he took refuge from the scorching heat of June 1920 in his airy…

Architecture in Cuba: Focsa Building
Destination: Havana City
Address: calle 17, esq. O. Vedado. Havana City. Cuba
Description: The Edificio Focsa (1956) represents Havana's booming economy and foreign influence…

Architecture in Cuba: Francisco A de Basabe House
Destination: Havana City
Address: Mercaderes 213, Esq. Amargura, Old Havana. Cuba
Description: To create this mansion two houses were unified. Like in other constructions at that…

Architecture in Cuba: Gran Teatro de La Habana
Destination: Havana City
Address: Prado e/ San Rafael y Consulado, Havana City. Cuba
Description: Centro Gallego de La Habana (Galician Center of Havana). One of the architectural…

Architecture in Cuba: Habana Libre Building
Destination: Havana City
Address: Calle L e/ 23 y 25, Vedado. Havana City. Cuba
Description: Modernism, therefore, transformed much of the city and should be noted for it's…

Architecture in Cuba: House of Casa Lombillo Count
Destination: Havana City
Address: San Ignacio 364, e/ Teniente Rey y Muralla, , Havana City. Cuba
Description: Doña María Luisa Peñalver y Navarrete lived in this house until…

Architecture in Cuba: House of the San Juan de Jaruco Count
Destination: Havana City
Address: Muralla, 107-111, Esq. San Ignacio, Plaza Vieja, Old Havana
Description: This family, originally from Castilla La Nueva, went to Canary Islands and took…

Architecture in Cuba: Iglesia Metodista
Destination: Havana City
Address: calle 25 esq K, Vedado. Havana City. Cuba
Description: The architect Ricardo E. Acosta won the Franklin Gold Medal 1951, which gave valuable…

Architecture in Cuba: Iznaga House
Destination: Trinidad
Address: Trinidad. Cuba

Architecture in Cuba: Jagua Fortres
Destination: Cienfuegos
Address: Cienfuegos Bay
Description: One of the tourist attractions in the city of Cienfuegos, its reconstruction was…

Architecture in Cuba: La Muralla de la Habana
Destination: Havana City
Description: Originally intended to afford Havana's citizens protection from marauding pirates…

Architecture in Cuba: La Periquera Bulding
Destination: Holguin
Address: Holguin City
Description: This ancient mansion is found along the Frexes street of Holguin, across from the…

Architecture in Cuba: Lonja del Comercio Building Comerce Guild
Destination: Havana City
Address: San Fransisco Square, Old Havana, Havana City. Cuba
Description: Open since 1909, the project was designed by the Valencian architect and sculptor…

Architecture in Cuba: Lopez Serrano Building
Destination: Havana City
Address: calle 13 esq L. Vedado, Havana City. Cuba
Description: Located on the corner of calle 13 and L, Vedado, was the first skyscrapers and large…

Architecture in Cuba: Manaca Iznaga Tower
Destination: Trinidad
Address: Valley of the Sugar Mills, Trinidad. Cuba
Description: Today one can still admire as a vestige of the ancient grandeur of the surrounding…

Architecture in Cuba: Marquis de Aguas Claras House
Destination: Havana City
Address: 54 San Ignacio Street. Catedral Square, Old Havana.
Description: El Patio, the residence of the Marquis de Aguas Claras is placed in the Cathedral…

Architecture in Cuba: Morro Castle
Destination: Havana City
Address: Carretera de La Cabana, Eastern Havana, Havana City. Cuba
Description: This castle is a maritime lighthouse and symbol of the city. It features a great…

Architecture in Cuba: National Capitol Building
Destination: Havana City
Address: Prado y Neptuno, Havana City. Cuba
Description: In 1929 the lot, where the first railroad station in Havana had been built was occupied…

Architecture in Cuba: National City Bank Building
Destination: Havana City
Address: Havana City. Cuba
Description: Built in 1925 on the land formerly taken up by the Convent of Santa Catalina de…

Architecture in Cuba: National Theater
Destination: Havana City
Address: Calle Paseo y 39, Vedado. Havana City. Cuba
Description: The Plaza de la Revolution, the political centre of the country features many modernist…

Architecture in Cuba: Obispo House on the corner of Mercaderes street
Destination: Havana City
Address: Obispo, 121-123 Esq. Mercaderes, Old Havana. Cuba
Description: In a privileged site in a corner of the historic centre this two-storey house is…

Architecture in Cuba: Obrapia House
Destination: Havana City
Address: Obrapia 158 Esq. Mercaderes, Old Havana. Cuba
Description: This house is one of the greater distinctions at the colonial time. At the moment…

Architecture in Cuba: Ortiza House
Destination: Trinidad
Address: Trinidad. Cuba

Architecture in Cuba: Palacio Cantero
Destination: Trinidad
Address: Trinidad. Cuba
Description: Built between 1827 and 1830, 50 meters from the Plaza Mayor. It has a magnificent…

Architecture in Cuba: Palacio Cueto
Destination: Havana City
Address: Old Square, Old Havana
Description: It was built in 1906 on designs by the architect Arturo Márquez. It was a…

Architecture in Cuba: Palacio de Guash
Destination: Pinar del Rio
Address: Calle Marti. Nro. 227 esq. a Comandante Pinares. Pinar del Rio. Cuba
Description: See for yourself why some call this the strangest building in Cuba. The mansion…

Architecture in Cuba: Real Fuerza Castle Museum
Destination: Havana City
Address: Calle O’Reilly and Avenida del Puerto, Old Havana
Description: A previous fortress, the Fuerza Vieja (Old Force), was badly damaged in 1555 during…

Architecture in Cuba: Sagrado Corazon de Jesus
Destination: Camaguey
Address: Camaguey City. Cuba
Description: Visitors are intrigued by the elaborate gilt altar, frescoes and stunning wooden…

Architecture in Cuba: San Carlos y San Ambrosio
Destination: Havana City
Address: Old Havana. Havana City. Cuba
Description: It is the old School of “San Jose” de la Compañía de Jesus…

Architecture in Cuba: San Francisco de Paula Church
Destination: Havana City
Address: Paula y Cuba, Old Havana
Description: On the same spot where the Ermita del Calvario was first located, the Women´s…

Architecture in Cuba: San Francisco de Paula Church
Destination: Havana City
Address: Paula y Cuba, Old Havana
Description: On the same spot where the Ermita del Calvario was first located, the Women´s…

Architecture in Cuba: San Fransisco de Asis Convent
Destination: Havana City
Address: Oficios, e/ Amargura y Churruca, Havana City. Cuba
Description: This is one of the most extraordinary convent and church complex of the colonial…

Architecture in Cuba: Santa Clara de Asis Convent and Church
Destination: Havana City
Address: Cuba 602 e/ Sol y Luz, Old Havana. Cuba
Description: The influence from different styles and cultures can be seen in Havana's colonial…

Architecture in Cuba: Santisima Trinidad Church
Destination: Trinidad
Address: Trinidad. Cuba
Description: The current structure came from 1892, and shows a neoclassic architectural style.…

Architecture in Cuba: The Franchi Alfaro House
Destination: Havana City
Address: Mercaderes, 315-317, Esq. Muralla, , Havana City. Cuba
Description: The perimeter of Plaza Vieja, originally known as Nueva, was totally constituted…

Architecture in Cuba: The House of Arabians
Destination: Havana City
Address: Oficios 114 e/ Obispo y Obrapia, Old Havana
Description: The huge old house hosting this museum, placed in the very heart of the ancient…