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At the west part of the Castillo de la Fuerza ( Castle of the Royal Force) there are three adjoining houses offering a great urban coherence. Facing the stronghold that shows the giraldilla is located the oldest, marked by a number 12. In... More» |
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Juana Carvajal House
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Church
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House of the Casa Bayona Count
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This house with its elegant location facing the Cathedral offers the possibility of appreciating the most elegant façade of the Cuban colonial architecture, with its primitive simplicity given by the symmetrical distribution of spaces in two stories without mezzanine and the proper round off of the... 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» |
Oficios House
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This a construction of the 17th Century, remodeled during the next two centuries. Therefore, the house is a product of several transformations, even though it still maintains its original plan, the courtyard and the wooden ceilings. It is clearly from the exterior the demarcation of its façade ... More» |
Obispo House on the corner of Mercaderes street
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In a privileged site in a corner of the historic centre this two-storey house is located with tile ceiling and a viewpoint tower. From its original construction its continuous balcony covering the angle between the two streets, closed by shapely wooden balusters remains. It keeps also the spaces... More» |
Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje Church
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In this place was erected in 1640 the first Ermita del Humilladero (roadside chapel) from which the premise and the carved and ornate wood ceiling of the central nave remain. Towards the year 1755 the chapel was rebuilt with a ground plan in a shape of a Latin cross and the façade of the baroque... More» |
Obrapia House
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This house is one of the greater distinctions at the colonial time. At the moment of its renovation some elements and forms of what is called Cuban baroque were introduced. The house is the result of the fusion of two adjoining properties. It has a spacious courtyard, surrounded by a gallery by... More» |
San Ambrosio College
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In this house the San Ambrosio school was located from 1689 to 1774 when it was moved to the Seminar School next to the Havana Cathedral. A balancing simplicity characterizes this house. The strong continuous balcony with wooden baluster determines the division of the façade, essentially plain ... More» |