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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 del Ángel. The church was made by the Bishop Diego Avelino de Compostela. In the year of 1630 it was promoted to accessory parish. As a consequence of the terrible hurricane that battered the city i... More» |
Churches
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Santo Angel Custodio Church
Cathedral Church
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The Iglesia de la Catedral (Cathedral Church) is the result of a turbulent long historical process that started on the first half of the 17th century. As early as 1658 the license to build a college and its church was requested from the king, because the inhabitants of Havana were in need of a highe... More» |
San Francisco de Paula Church
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On the same spot where the Ermita del Calvario was first located, the Women´s Hospital of Saint Francis of Paula was built about 1667, as the last will of the priest Nicolás Estévez Borges, who donated all his possessions to the construction. Besides the hospital a church was also built. The d... More» |
Santo Domingo Convent and Church
| This important complex is characterized by a peculiar mixture of Mudejar, Neoclassic and Baroque architecture. The temple is formed by three naves and the chapel shows all the space divided by arches and roofed by small carved and ornate wood ceilings each section. This is the most interesting par... More» |
San Francisco Convent and Church
| This interesting example of convent and church highlights due to its urban characteristics for its sitting closing a street what matches the Baroque principles of using the buildings as back in the perspective of public spaces. The church took about 90 years to be finished and it was under transf... More» |
San Francisco Javier de los Quemados Church
| It is a simple construction with an only one nave with carved and ornate wood ceilings and a lateral tower; it is considered the most relevant building of its location. Its greatest interest lies in the extraordinary precious wood carvings made in Baroque style that make up the high altar, the pulp... More» |
San Francisco de Asis Convent and Church
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This is one of the most extraordinary convent and church complex of the colonial time. The plan of the church originally was divided in three naves in Latin cross with a dome in the crossing section which was destroyed in the year 1850. The central nave is hold up in arcades supported by pilla... More» |
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Church
| This a simple construction where the solid tower of three sections highlights, as well as, the simple pediment covering the façade and the existence of two doors in the shape of an arch with garnishes very similar between them. At the beginning it was only a nave and was extended with two latera... More» |
Nuestra Señora de Belen Convent and Church
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For two centuries this construction was successively remodeled and extended until it reached its current appearance where diverse constructive styles and techniques harmoniously related are showed. It is composed of a church, a convent and a peculiar arch vaulted over the Acosta street. It is the ... More» |
Santa Teresa de Jesus Convent and Church
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The greater interest of this convent and church construction is in its two façades in the exterior. The first one in a shape of a retable and the second, made of extraordinary dimensions that make it to exceed, with its superior semicircular pediment, the height of the unique nave of the church. ... More» |