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Cristo Square, Havana . Cuba
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By agreement of the town council, in March, 1640 the Plaza del Cristo was created. The project also included a hermitage and a calvary at the same place where a boundary cross, marking the end of the fourteen crosses or Stations of the Cross during Lent, was located. In that way the dimensions of the plaza were planned according to the character of the processions that were to take place in it.

Very soon, as was already customary for these plazas, the area was filled by worthy neighbors whose houses were built according to their hierarchy, proud lineage and illustrious ancestry. In the last third of the 18th century the Palacio Episcopal de La Habana was established in the crossing of Bernaza and Teniente Rey streets. This one stands out for its high ceilings, the great variety of its arches and a 27 meters high gallery, that among other features make it a monumental architectural ensemble.

In 1814 a market with wooden stalls and mobile stands opened at the Plaza del Cristo. It was upgraded in 1836 by the Captain General Miguel de Tacón y Rosique, who ordered to rebuild them with masonry, under the name of Mercado del Cristo. Nowadays a bust of the unfortunate romantic poet Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés (a.k.a. Plácido), made by the Cuban artist Teodoro Ramos Blanco, is placed at this plaza
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Interesting Place next to Cristo Square
Floridita
Lat:23.13730 Lon:-82.35730
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This bar is one of the most elegant bars in all of Havana, with many of its patrons being important…

Fuente de la India
Lat:23.13320 Lon:-82.35840
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Club Badiana
Lat:23.13827 Lon:-82.35880
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Relax and enjoy the sun at pool located on the top floor while recreatinga nice view of Old Havana.…

Fine Arts Museum
Lat:23.14018 Lon:-82.35725
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The National Fine Arts Museum was created in 1913 and in 1955 it was moved to the building that currently…

Chinese Neighborhood
Lat:23.13357 Lon:-82.36096
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It was born in Havana City by the middle of 1800. Recently restored and rejuvenated, it has come alive…

Paseo del Prado (Prado Avenue)
Lat:23.14040 Lon:-82.35890
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Once the central artery of the city, the Prado (also known as the Paseo de Martí), is a boulevard…

Museum of Revolution
Lat:23.14170 Lon:-82.35670
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It is located in a colorful building of a large dome and a mixture of styles which was official residence…

La Bodeguita del Medio
Lat:23.14080 Lon:-82.35230
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The walls are plastered with autographs and drawings left by travelers who have relished the bar's grilled…

Old Havana
Lat:23.13705 Lon:-82.34866
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Old Havana, which for centuries was inside the walled part of the city, was founded in late 1519 at…

La Muralla de la Habana
Lat:23.12900 Lon:-82.35350
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Originally intended to afford Havana's citizens protection from marauding pirates and bandits, they…
Museums next to Cristo Square
Numismatic Museum
Lat:23.13863 Lon:-82.35343
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Located in the ancient Monte de Piedad (pawnshop), it exhibits the largest collection of Cuban coins…

Historical Museum of Sciences Carlos J. Finlay
Lat:23.13670 Lon:-82.35150
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Its building has been declared National Monument. From 1868, it housed the Real Academia de las Ciencias…

Fine Arts Museum
Lat:23.14018 Lon:-82.35725
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The National Fine Arts Museum was created in 1913 and in 1955 it was moved to the building that currently…

Convento de Santa Clara de Asis
Lat:23.13414 Lon:-82.35066
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One of the oldest and best of the Spanish colonial monasteries on the island, this building is now home…

Africa House
Lat:23.13850 Lon:-82.35050
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It is located in an old colonial palace in Old Havana, and it was inaugurated in 1986. It holds valuable…

Museum of Revolution
Lat:23.14170 Lon:-82.35670
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It is located in a colorful building of a large dome and a mixture of styles which was official residence…

The Taquechel Pharmaceutical Museum
Lat:23.13933 Lon:-82.35078
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An old family house adapted in 1898 to establish an important pharmacy. Restored in 1996, it was turned…

Art Colonial Museum
Lat:23.14039 Lon:-82.35165
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It exhibits furniture, stained glass, and porcelain collections as well as many other carefully preserved…

Obra Pia House
Lat:23.13870 Lon:-82.35020
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After a meticulous work, by November of 1983 one of the most beautiful colonial mansions in the Historic…

Tabacco Museum
Lat:23.13910 Lon:-82.35040
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Squares next to Cristo Square
Cristo Square
Lat:23.13580 Lon:-82.35610
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By agreement of the town council, in March, 1640 the Plaza del Cristo was created. The project also…

Albear Square
Lat:23.13770 Lon:-82.35730
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Plaza Vieja - Old Square
Lat:23.13600 Lon:-82.35000
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Considering the decision taken by the keeper of the Castillo de la Real Fuerza, in the first half of…

Armas Square
Lat:23.13940 Lon:-82.35060
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The first known public square of Havana was located on the spot that, later on in the 16th century,…

Arms Square
Lat:23.13940 Lon:-82.35060
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Today called Marti Park, from there were planned the first 25 blocks of what would be the urban center…

Cathedral Square
Lat:23.14120 Lon:-82.35178
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The area where the Plaza de la Catedral is located used to be, according to 17th century records, a…

San Fransisco Square
Lat:23.13750 Lon:-82.34860
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Called San Francisco because of the convent next to it, this square was conceived in 1628, with the…

Jose Marti Revolution Square
Lat:23.12420 Lon:-82.38590
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The area was originally called Civic Square, in the 1950s. During the past 40 years, it has been the…
Areas of Natural Interest next to Cristo Square
National Botanical Gardens
Lat:22.99233 Lon:-82.34296
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This spacious area located in Lenin Park contains everything from a Japanese garden to greenhouses bursting…
City next to Cristo Square
San Jose de las Lajas
Lat:22.961390 Lon:-82.151110

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Architecture next to Cristo Square
Asturian Center Building
Lat:23.13720 Lon:-82.35780
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The Asturian Center opened up in this new see in 1927. Eclectic in style, the building has four storeys…

Gran Teatro de La Habana
Lat:23.13680 Lon:-82.35930
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Centro Gallego de La Habana (Galician Center of Havana). One of the architectural jewelry of Havana…

Bacardi Building
Lat:23.13890 Lon:-82.35718
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At the end of 19th Century, the Bacardi rum was very famous in Cuba and abroad. Its creator, Don Emilio…

National Capitol Building
Lat:23.13560 Lon:-82.35970
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In 1929 the lot, where the first railroad station in Havana had been built was occupied by the National…

Santa Clara de Asis Convent and Church
Lat:23.13414 Lon:-82.35066
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The influence from different styles and cultures can be seen in Havana's colonial architecture, with…

Convento de Santa Clara de Asis
Lat:23.13414 Lon:-82.35066
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The influence from different styles and cultures can be seen in Havana's colonial architecture, with…

House of Casa Lombillo Count
Lat:23.13581 Lon:-82.35030
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Doña María Luisa Peñalver y Navarrete lived in this house until her dying day in…

House of the San Juan de Jaruco Count
Lat:23.13540 Lon:-82.35010
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This family, originally from Castilla La Nueva, went to Canary Islands and took part in its conquest.…

Aldama Palace
Lat:23.13218 Lon:-82.36083
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Many wealthy Habaneros took their inspiration from the French; this can be seen within the interiors…

Palacio Cueto
Lat:23.13540 Lon:-82.34950
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It was built in 1906 on designs by the architect Arturo Márquez. It was a warehouse and a hat…
Churches and Convents next to Cristo Square
Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje Church
Lat:23.13618 Lon:-82.35606
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Before the Iglesia del Cristo was erected in 1640, a hermitage devoted to Nuestra Señora del…

Santa Teresa de Jesus Convent and Church
Lat:23.13571 Lon:-82.35373
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This was the last of the convents established in Havana in the 18th century. Its founders were the Doctor…

Santa Clara de Asis Convent and Church
Lat:23.13414 Lon:-82.35066
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National Center for Restoration, Preservation and Museology This convent was the first monastery of…

Santo Angel Costudio Church
Lat:23.14160 Lon:-82.35580
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It lies on one of the few and modest hills of the city, at first called Peña Pobre and then Loma…

Havana Cathedral
Lat:23.14120 Lon:-82.35178
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The area where the Plaza de la Catedral is located used to be, according to 17th century records, a…

Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de la Merced
Lat:23.13147 Lon:-82.35021
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Since 1638 several setbacks conspired against this convent being built, but finally, with help from…

San Fransisco de Asis Convent
Lat:23.13705 Lon:-82.34866
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This is one of the most extraordinary convent and church complex of the colonial time. The plan of the…

San Carlos y San Ambrosio
Lat:23.14176 Lon:-82.35187
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San Francisco de Paula Church
Lat:23.13090 Lon:-82.34880
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On the same spot where the Ermita del Calvario was first located, the Women´s Hospital of Saint…

Iglesia Metodista
Lat:23.13776 Lon:-82.38349
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The architect Ricardo E. Acosta won the Franklin Gold Medal 1951, which gave valuable prize annually…
Monuments next to Cristo Square
Memorial a los Estudiantes de Medicina
Lat:23.14520 Lon:-82.35760
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Antonio Maceo Monument
Lat:23.14120 Lon:-82.37210
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Monument to the victims of Maine
Lat:23.14490 Lon:-82.38250
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This monument is located in Vedado, close to Linea and Malecon. It was built in 1926, crowned by an…

Jose Marti Monument
Lat:23.12260 Lon:-82.38640
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A great exhibit of the life and work of the Apostle, and the story of the Memorial. A lookout from the…

Jose Marti Memorial
Lat:23.12260 Lon:-82.38640
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A great exhibit of the life and work of the Apostle, and the story of the Memorial. A lookout from the…
Colonial Fortress next to Cristo Square
Real Fuerza Castle Museum
Lat:23.14020 Lon:-82.34990
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Around 1540 there was a fortress called Fuerza Vieja (Old Forces) in the place later occupied by the…

The Prince Fortress
Lat:23.14244 Lon:-82.35293
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After the siege and occupation of Havana by the English, from 1762 to 1763, a careful consideration…

San Salvador de la Punta Fort
Lat:23.14600 Lon:-82.35750
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La Punta just like El Morro was designed to protect the entrance to the Havana Bay that became an important…

Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña
Lat:23.14710 Lon:-82.34950
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Restablished the Hispanic dominance in Havana, one of the first dispositions of the king Carlos III,…

Morro Castle
Lat:23.14920 Lon:-82.35510
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From the 16th century on, the advantages of the natural rocky elevation that lay by the bay’s…

San Lazaro Turret
Lat:23.14160 Lon:-82.37408
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The creek next to the town, where the turret was erected was known at first by the name of the lot’s…

Castillo de Jagua
Lat:23.13578 Lon:-82.38805
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In Castillo de Jagua Fortress, which is considered the 3ª important fortress of the country and…

Chorrera Fortress
Lat:23.13200 Lon:-82.40950
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If the 16th century had La Real Fuerza as an invulnerable shield in its military conception, and the…

Cojimar Fortress
Lat:23.16730 Lon:-82.29460
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If the 16th century had La Real Fuerza as an invulnerable shield in its military conception, and the…

Cojimar Fortress
Lat:23.16730 Lon:-82.29460
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If the 16th century had La Real Fuerza as an invulnerable shield in its military conception, and the…
Car rental offices next to Cristo Square
Hotel Plaza Car rental office
Calle Ignacio Agramonte. Havana Vieja
8668915 364m

Hotel Inglaterra Car rental office
Paseo del Padro esq San Rafael, La Habana
8666218 376m

Hotel Parque Central Car rental office
Calle Neptuno esq Prado. La Habana Vieja
8600096 389m

Hotel Telegrafo Car rental office
Paseo del Padro esq Neptuno La Habana
8638990 409m

Hotel Sevilla Car rental office
Paseo del Padro esq Refugio, La Habana Vieja
8669156 516m
Gas stations next to Cristo Square
La Rampa Gas stations
Calle 23 e Infanta, Vedado. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 8731480/873148 2km 438m

Tángana Gas stations
Malecón y 13. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 334588 2km 891m

L y 17 Gas stations
L y 17, Vedado. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 334587 3km 123m

Guanabo Gas stations
Vía Blanca No. 46005 y 462, Intermitente de Guanabo. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 964093/964094 3km 123m

Ayestarán Gas stations
Ayestarán y Ave. de Rancho Boyeros. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 666051 4km 485m

Riviera Gas stations
Paseo y Malecon. Havana City. Cuba. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 333027 4km 743m

17 y 12 Gas stations
Calle 12 esq. a 17, Vedado. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 8339238/8333272 4km 749m

Santa Catalina Gas stations
Santa Catalina y Vento. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 335531 5km 111m

El Tunel Gas stations
Calle 2 No. 518 e/ 5ta. B y 7ma. B, Miramar, Havana City. Cuba
(537) 2041906/2047470 5km 829m

31 y 18 Gas stations
Ave. 31 y 18, Miramar. Havana City. Cuba. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 2040520 6km 414m
Automatic Cash next to Cristo Square
0011 Automatic Cash
Calle 17 e/ M y N, FOCSA. Havana City
3km 012m

0014 Automatic Cash
Línea No. 705 e/ Paseo y A. Havana City
4km 485m

0073 Automatic Cash
Calle 1ra. No. 40 e/ 0 y 2, CIMEX
6km 098m

0115 Automatic Cash
Calle 70 e/ 1ra. y 3ra., Hotel LTI Panorama. Havana City
8km 953m

0160 Automatic Cash
Calle 17 No. 8215 e/ 82 y 84. Havana City
9km 114m

0030 Automatic Cash
Ave. 3ra. e/ 78 y 80. Havana City
9km 290m

0067 Automatic Cash
Calle 16 No. 306 e/ 3ra. y 5ta.. Havana City
9km 290m

0183 Automatic Cash
Calle 16 No. 310 e/ 3ra. y 5ta. Havana City
9km 290m

0031 Automatic Cash
5ta. Ave. esq. a 112. Havana City
10km 536m
Currency Exchange next to Cristo Square
Hotel Parque Central Currency Exchange
Paseo del Prado e/ Neptuno y Virtudes. Havana City
— 389m

Hotel Sevilla Currency Exchange
Paseo del Prado esq. a Refugio. Havana City
(537) 8639030 550m

Lonja del Comercio Currency Exchange
Calle Oficios esq. a Baratillo. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 669628 790m

Hotel Deauville Currency Exchange
Calle Galiano esq. a Malecón. Havana City. Havana City. Cuba
— 1km 046m

Hotel Vedado Currency Exchange
Calle O e/ 23 y 21. Havana City. Havana City. Cuba
— 2km 490m

Hotel Nacional Currency Exchange
Calle O y 21. Havana City
(537) 8733564 3km 640m

Hotel Cohiba Currency Exchange
Calle Paseo e/ 1ra. y 3ra. Havana City. Havana City. Cuba
— 4km 764m

Hotel Riviera Currency Exchange
Calle Paseo esq. a Malecón. Havana City
(537) 662185 4km 921m

Agromercado 15 y 24 Currency Exchange
Calle 15 y 24, Vedado. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 333915 5km 413m

Kasalta Currency Exchange
Ave. 5ta.B esq. a calle 2. Havana City. Cuba
— 5km 868m
Clinics next to Cristo Square
Hermanos Ameijeiras Clinic
San Lazaro No. 701 e/ Belascoain y Marquez Gonzalez. Centro Haban
(537) 8761000 1km 608m

Retinosis Pigmentaria Centro Internacional Camilo Cienfuegos Clinic
Calle L No. 151 e/ Linea y 13, Vedado. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 8333886 3km 276m

Instituto Cardiovascular Clinic
Calle 17 esq. a Paseo, Vedado. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 8382652-53 4km 125m

SPA Hotel Riviera Clinic
Malecón y Paseo, Vedado . Havana City
(537) 8368756 4km 921m

Sucursal Servicios Médicos Internacionales Clinic
Calle 18 No. 4304 e/ 43 y 47, Miramar. Havana City
(537) 2040114 6km 094m

Centro de Histoterapia Placentaria Clinic
Calle 18 esq. a 43. Playa. Havana City. Cuba
6km 120m

Cira Garcia, Clinica Central Clinic
Calle 20 No. 4101 esq. a 41. Playa . Havana City. Cuba
(537) 2040331 6km 171m

Ramon Pando Ferrer, Hospital Clinic
Calle 76 No. 3104. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 2654800 8km 347m

Comodoro, SPA Club Clinic
Ave 1ra. y 84, Miramar. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 2045049 9km 498m

Orthopedic Hospital Frank Pais Clinic
Ave. 51 No. 19603 e/ 196 y 200. Havana City, Cuba
(537) 2627022 ext. 478 12km 239m
Drugstores next to Cristo Square
International Drugstore Hotel Sevilla Drugstore
Calle Prado esq. a Trocadero. Havana City
(5348) 8615703 550m

International Drugstore Hotel Habana Libre Drugstore
Calle 23 esq. a L , Vedado. Havana City
(5348) 8319538 2km 758m

International Drugstore 41 y 20 Drugstore
Ave. 41 esq. a 20, Miramar. Havana City
(537) 2069985 6km 239m

International Drugstore Casa Bella Drugstore
7ma. Ave. y 22 No. 2603. Havana City
(537) 2047980 6km 805m

International Drugstore Miramar Centro de Negocios Drugstore
Ave 3ra. y 82, Miramar. Havana City
(537) 2044515 9km 281m

International Drugstore SPA Comodoro Drugstore
Ave 3ra. y 84, Miramar. Havana City. Cuba
(537) 2049385 9km 498m

International Drugstore Terminal No. 3, Aeropuerto Internacional “José Martí” Drugstore
Terminal No. 3. Havana City
(537) 2664105 16km 257m
Cristo Square is located in Havana
Capital of Cuba and the country's administrative, political, cultural and scientific center, it is also the capital of two provinces: City of Havana and Havana. Though only around 280 square miles (727 square kilometers) in size-0.65 percent of the archipelago's total area.

The Old Havana and system of forts led UNESCO to declare it a part of world heritage in 1982. Founded on its present site in 1519, the settlement of San Cristobal de La Habana prospered mainly due to its bay, which was a natural port of call for ships sailing to and from the New World. Starting in 1634, because of its strategic location, San Cristobal de La Habana was considered the key to the New World-as attested to by royal letters patent-and the main defense of the West Indies.

The Cuban capital consists of an immense number of buildings in a wide range of architectural styles, built in the course of nearly five centuries. These styles range from the pre-baroque to the baroque, neo-Gothic, neoclassical, eclectic, art noveau and art-deco, to the modern.

Alejo Carpentier, one of Cuba's most famous authors, called it "the city of columns" and focused attention on its streets, which he considered a perennially rich show of life, humanity and contrasts that was bound to entertain any observer.

Over 14 kilometers of excellent beaches lie to the east of the Cuban capital. To the south, a green belt contributes to a healthful atmosphere.