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When the Spanish lady Ana López arrived from Zaragoza in 1830 and founded in Havana the inn La Zaragozana, she was far from imagining that it will become the luxury restaurant it is nowadays, the oldest of the Cuban capital. With an excellent location in the Old Havana Historical Site, it offers a... More» |
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La Zaragozana
Museum Gunsmith’s Shop 9th of April
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This gunsmith’s shop, founded in 1934 under the name of Gunsmith Company of Cuba, was attacked on April 9, 1958 by members of the July 26 Movement led by Fidel Castro as part of the actions to overthrow Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship. The operation failed and four young men who participated i... More» |
African Museum
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It is located in an old colonial palace in Old Havana, and it was inaugurated in 1986. It holds valuable collections from 38 countries of this continent. It is enriched with the important Afro- Cuban collection of the researcher Don Fernando Ortiz and the African Collection of the President Fidel Ca... More» |
The Tavern of the Fleet
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Its seashore nature made Havana city a place of maritime traffic, coming from the most diverse places. The cradle of the galleons fleet which transport the wealth from America to Spain. The Mesón de la Flota (The Tavern of the Fleet), is loyal to its maritime spirit, a restaurant placed in the gro... More» |
The House of the Arabians
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The huge old house hosting this museum, placed in the very heart of the ancient part of Havana, is the materialization of the Moorish spirit that influenced with strength the Cuban architecture since the18th century. The arches of red bricks, the shape of the ceilings and their galleries, the ample... More» |
House of the Alderman Arrate
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In this house lived the alderman of Havana don José Martín Félix de Arrate (1701-1764). He held this post as an heirloom through his mother doña Juana María Mateo de Acosta, who belonged to an old family traditionally linked to local government. This native of Havana has been remembered by post... More» |
Santo Angel Custodio Church
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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» |
Carlos J. Finlay Historical Museum of Science
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The building from 1678, former Real Academy of Medicine, Physics and Natural Sciences of Havana, became the museum since 1868. Some years later it had the first museum in Cuba, inaugurated in May 19th,1874, and sponsored by the Real Academy. It was also a convent of the order Agustinos, the first A... More» |
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» |