Plaza Vieja stands out as an eclectic square defined by its collection of colorful colonial facades, where Cuban baroque buildings sit alongside structures influenced by Art Nouveau. Originally laid out in fifteen fifty-nine and first…
Havana Through Time
Trace the rich history of Havana on this sweeping journey from its early colonial foundations and defenses to the 1959 revolution.
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1. Plaza Vieja
2. el templete de la havana
El Templete is a small, neoclassical structure on the east side of the Plaza de Armas, identifiable by its row of six Doric columns and simple, rectangular shape that mimics a miniature Greco-Roman temple. Inaugurated in eighteen…
3. Havana Castle Of The Royal Force
The Castillo de la Real Fuerza is a square, stone fortress bordered by a moat, distinguished by a watchtower crowned with a bronze weathervane shaped like a woman. Known as La Giraldilla, this statue depicts a figure gazing toward the…
4. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary is easily recognized by its two asymmetrical bell towers, which give its facade a unique, uneven silhouette against the sky of Old Havana. Built primarily from coral stone…
5. Museo de la Revolución
The Museo de la Revolución is identifiable by its grand, eclectic architecture and the heavy stone dome that rises above the surrounding buildings in Old Havana. Completed in nineteen twenty, this structure began as the Presidential…
6. National Capitol of Cuba
The National Capitol of Cuba dominates the Havana skyline with a massive, ninety-two-meter dome that sits atop a wide granite staircase. Commissioned by President Gerardo Machado and completed in nineteen twenty-nine, the building replaced…
7. Monumento a las víctimas de la voladura del acorazado "Maine
The Monument to the Victims of the USS Maine sits along the Malecón boulevard, distinguished by its pair of large, fluted ionic columns that rise above a long, stone base. Inaugurated in nineteen twenty-five, the structure was designed by…
8. Hotel Nacional de Cuba
The Hotel Nacional de Cuba is recognized by the two massive turrets that loom over its entrance and its position on the high Taganana Hill. Opened in nineteen thirty, the building occupies the site of the former eighteenth-century Santa…
9. José Martí Memorial.
The José Martí Memorial is defined by its one hundred and nine-meter tower, which is shaped like a five-pointed star and encased in grey marble. Completed in nineteen fifty-eight, it rises above the Plaza de la Revolución to honor the…