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It was bought in 1688 by bishop Diego E. de Compostela, to become it in a school for orphan girls. At that time the third floor was added outward-facing Obispo street. Also, the original tile ceilings were replaced by the current flat ceilings. The cloister courtyard is of domestic architecture... More» |
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San Francisco de Sales College
House in Teniente Rey Street
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Like the House of Gaspar Rivero de Vasconcelos, this was one of the representative houses of the new architectonic typology consolidated in the 17th Century. It was designed with a corner room upstairs, a continuous balcony... More» |
Gaspar Riberos de Vasconcelos House
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This house is considered one of the oldest in the city and constitutes one of the most significant examples of a time in which the defining elements of the Cuban houses were still under transformation. Its most notable characteristic is the beautiful continuous balcony, corner that corresponds to... More» |
La Parra House
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In this small house of austere aspect and with an elemental distribution of premises around the courtyard of small dimensions, it represents a characteristic type of architecture originated at the end of the 16th Century. The location of a corner room in the upper story and the commerce downstairs ... More» |
Santiago de las Vegas Church
| Temple formed by a central nave and two other laterals separated among them by a sequence of arcs resting upon pillars of square section. The roofs are made of very simple battens. When its remodeling was carried out, a dome already finished in its exterior part in colored ceramic was placed ove... More» |
Santa Clara de Asis Convent and Church
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This convent was the first monastery of nuns erected in the city. It covers an area of four blocks of the historical centre of the city. The exterior part is very simple, lacks of adornments and its spaces are plain like in other conventual constructions at that time. It is formed by three cl... More» |
Potosi Chapel
| This is a simple building located in the old cemetery of Guanabacoa. It consists of a central nave of rough stone walls and keystones with battens and tile roofed. In both sides of the original nave, two premises of rectangular plan were built in the 19th Century aimed at extending the religious... More» |
San Lazaro Turret
| This building stands out its circular plan and its small dimensions; it was a watchtower within the defensive system of the city. Located in the old San Lazaro inlet, place where pirate’s landings took place, today, it is a picturesque element in the urban landscape being inside the Antonio Maceo... More» |
Bacuranao Tower
| This is another fortification erected in the north part of Havana to extend the coastal defensive line. It was located at the mouth of the Bacuranao River, where the English disembark took place in 1762. This rough stone building had a watchtower with square story of five meters in its laterals ... More» |
Antonio Hoces Carrillo House
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This primitive two-story house corresponds to all the characteristics of a stately house of the 17th Century, although some elements have been added in past times. A small courtyard is the centre of the space organization and ventilates and lights the different premises of the building. Also, throu... More» |