Christopher Columbus Cemetery Architecture, Havana . Cuba

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The Colon Cemetery is one of 21 existing cemetery in the city of Havana, Cuba. With its 57 hectares, is the largest cemetery in the country. It has a large number of works of sculpture and architecture, which is why many scholars place it as the third of global importance, preceded only by that of Staglieno in Genoa, Italy and the Montjuic in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

Its entrance features a sculptural monument in your butt, Carrara marble, 34 meters long and 21.66 meters high. The set represents the theological virtues: faith, hope and charity. This cover is the work of Spanish architect Calixto Loire. The reliefs and sculptures in Carrara marble are the Cuban José Vilalta Saavedra. By shifting the giant Byzantine style front, two wide avenues, north-south called Christopher Columbus and Bishop of Sword and east to west Fray Jacinto, bookmark serve to divide the cemetery into four areas, called in its early barracks . Its structure is rectangular shaped Roman camp and comprises a grid of street blocks and lots.

True architectural monument of antiquity, the cemetery also has the honor of being the only American cemetery dedicated to Christopher Columbus, the great navigator who discovered the island and other major destinations in the Americas.


 

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Christopher Columbus Cemetery 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.

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