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Havana Centro is a short walk from Old Havana Vieja and contains more sights than Old Havana. The Parque Central area contains the Washington-like Capitolio Capital Building, the Gran Teatro de la Habana, the Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás building, and many hotels including the Hotel NH Parque Central, Hotel Telegrafo and Hotel Inglaterra. The Prado connecting Parque Central to the Malacon contains the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Museo de la Revolución.

11 Cuba - Havana - View From Airplane We flew past Old Havana Veija and Havana Centro on the way to land at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana.

11 Cuba - Havana - View From Airplane

12 Cuba - Havana - Jose Marti International Airport We landed at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, quickly got through customs and immigration, and changed money into $CUCs. On the way we noticed that our very own Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretian helped open the new airport terminal with Fidel Castro in 1998. Canada is a leading investor in Cuba, and Canada sends more tourists to Cuba's beaches than any other nation.

12 Cuba - Havana - Jose Marti International Airport

13 Cuba - Havana - Highway and Streets On Way From Airport To Havana The first things I noticed on the ride from the Havana Jose Marti International Airport to Havana Centro were how empty the highway and roads were, and the beautiful old American cars.

13 Cuba - Havana - Highway and Streets On Way From Airport To Havana

14 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central We stayed at the Hotel NH Parque Central on the northern end of the park in Havana. This was an ideal location with the Prado leading to the Malecon on one side and Calle Obispo leading to Old Havana Vieja on the other.

14 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central

15 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central - Lobby, Bedroom, Breakfast Restaurant, Roof Top Pool with view of Capitolio The lobby at the Hotel NH Parque Central in Havana Centro had a skylight and lots of greenery, with the El Portico bar taking up one whole wall of the lobby. Our room at the Hotel NH Parque Central was very comfortable, and looked out onto Parque Central. The excellent continental breakfast was served in the lobby restaurant. The roof of the Hotel NH Parque Central had a swimming pool and spectacular views of the Capitolio and Havana.

15 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central - Lobby, Bedroom, Breakfast Restaurant, Roof Top Pool with view of Capitolio

21 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central - Capitolio, Gran Teatro de la Habana, Hotel Inglaterra, Hotel Telgrafo The roof of the Hotel NH Parque Central in Havana Centro had spectacular views of the Capitolio, the Gran Teatro de la Habana, Hotel Inglaterra, and Hotel Telgrafo on one side.

21 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central - Capitolio, Gran Teatro de la Habana, Hotel Inglaterra, Hotel Telgrafo

22 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central - view towards Havana Vedado The roof of the Hotel NH Parque Central in Havana Centro had spectacular views towards Vedado.

22 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central - view towards Havana Vedado

23 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central - view down Prado The roof of the Hotel NH Parque Central in Havana Centro had spectacular views down the Prado to the Malecon.

23 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central - view down Prado

24 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central - Sunset View of Capitolio, Gran Teatro de la Habana, Hotel Inglaterra, Hotel Telgrafo The roof of the Hotel NH Parque Central in Havana Centro had spectacular sunset views of the Capitolio, the Gran Teatro de la Habana, Hotel Inglaterra, and Hotel Telgrafo on one side.

24 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central - Sunset View of Capitolio, Gran Teatro de la Habana, Hotel Inglaterra, Hotel Telgrafo

25 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central - Sunset view towards Havana Vedado The roof of the Hotel NH Parque Central in Havana Centro had spectacular sunset views towards Vedado.

25 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel NH Parque Central - Sunset view towards Havana Vedado

31 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel Plaza Constructed in a triangular shape in 1908, the Hotel Plaza, located next to the Hotel NH Parque Central in Havana Centro, has a magnificent neoclassical facade.

31 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel Plaza

32 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel Telgrafo The royal blue Hotel Telegrafo, located next to the Hotel NH Parque Central in Havana Centro, was opened in 1888 and has been renovated, featuring bold and contemporary architecture and interior design.

32 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel Telgrafo

33 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel Inglaterra across Parque Central with Jose marti statue - Hotel Inglaterra lobby The Hotel Inglaterra has a beautiful neoclassical façade across Parque Central with its statue of Jose Marti. The Hotel Inglaterra is the oldest hotel in Cuba, inaugurated in 1875. The interior of the Hotel Inglaterra has an extravagant crystal chandelier, mosaic tile lobby, stained-glass windows, Spanish heraldic symbols, window grills, and intricately worked ceilings.

33 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel Inglaterra across Parque Central with Jose marti statue - Hotel Inglaterra lobby

34 Cuba - Havana Centro - Parque Central with Jose marti statue, Palacio del Centro Asturiano - view from Hotel Inglaterra roof On the highest floor of the Hotel Inglaterra in Havana Centro, a terrace bar and grill offers very good views of the Parque Central looking towards Old Havana Vieja, with the Palacio del Centro Asturiano on the right. The marble statue of Jose Marti in the centre of Parque Central was the first of thousands to be erected in Cuba. Raised in 1905 on the 10th anniversary of the poet's death, the monument is ringed by 28 palm trees planted to signify Marti's birth date, January 28.

34 Cuba - Havana Centro - Parque Central with Jose marti statue, Palacio del Centro Asturiano - view from Hotel Inglaterra roof

35 Cuba - Havana Centro - Gran Teatro de la Habana The facade of the neo-baroque Gran Teatro de la Habana (Grand Theatre of Havana) in the Palacio del Centro Gallego in Havana Centro, constructed from 1908 to 1914, is adorned with stone and marble statues by Giuseppe Moretti.

35 Cuba - Havana Centro - Gran Teatro de la Habana

36 Cuba - Havana Centro - Gran Teatro de la Habana - Angel statue on top corner Angel statues adorn the top of the corners of the Gran Teatro de la Habana (Grand Theatre of Havana) in the Palacio del Centro Gallego in Havana Centro.

36 Cuba - Havana Centro - Gran Teatro de la Habana - Angel statue on top corner

37 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio, Gran Teatro de la Habana The Capitolio in Havana Centro is similar to the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. It was initiated by Cuba's US-backed dictator Gerardo Machado in 1926 and took 5000 workers three years, two months and 20 days to build at a cost of around US$17 million. The Capitolio was the seat of government in Cuba until after the Cuban Revolution in 1959, and is now home to the Cuban Academy of Sciences.

37 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio, Gran Teatro de la Habana

40 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - Capitolio steps and El Trabajo and La Virtud Tutelar statues Constructed with white Capellania limestone and block granite, the steps leading to the main entrance of the Capitolio in Havana Centro are flanked on either side by 6.5m statues by the Italian artist Angelo Zanelli. To the left is Work (El Trabajo) and to the right The Tutelary Virtue (La Virtud Tutelar). The steps lead up to the central portico, which is 36m wide and more than 16m tall. There are 12 over 14m tall granite Roman style columns arranged in two rows.

40 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - Capitolio steps and El Trabajo and La Virtud Tutelar statues

41 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - Capitolio door with bas-relief images by Angelo Zanelli Three large bronze doors with bas-relief images by Angelo Zanelli portray important events in Cuban history, and allow access to the main hall of the Capitolio in Havana Centro.

41 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - Capitolio door with bas-relief images by Angelo Zanelli

42 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - La Estatua de la Republica, Statue of the Republic The inside of the main hall of the Capitolio in Havana Centro under the cupola is dominated by the huge La Estatua de la Republica (Statue of the Republic). The statue by Angelo Zanelli was cast in bronze in Rome in three pieces and assembled inside the building after its arrival in Cuba. It is covered with 22 carat gold leaf and weighs 49 tons. At 15m tall, it is the third highest statue under cover in the world, with only the Great Buddha of Nara and Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial taller.

42 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - La Estatua de la Republica, Statue of the Republic

43 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - Dome Looking up from inside the main hall of the Capitolio in Havana Centro is the wonderful cupola dome.

43 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - Dome

44 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - replica 25 carat diamond Embedded in the floor in the centre of the main hall of the Capitolio in Havana Centro is a replica 25 carat diamond, which marks Kilometre Zero for Cuba. Highway distances between Havana and all sites in Cuba are calculated from this point. The original diamond, said to have belonged to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and have been sold to the Cuban state by a Turkish merchant, was stolen on 25 March 1946 and mysteriously returned to the President, Ramón Grau San Martin, on 2 June 1946. It was replaced in El Capitolio by a replica in 1973.

44 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - replica 25 carat diamond

45 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - Salon de Pasos Perdidos, Hall of Lost Steps To either side of the main hall in the Capitolio in Havana is the Salon de Pasos Perdidos (Hall of Lost Steps), named for its acoustic properties. These halls are inlaid with patterned marble motifs and features bronze bas-reliefs, green marble pilasters, and massive lamps on tall carved pedestals of glittering copper. Renaissance-style candelabras dangle from the arched frescoed ceiling.

45 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - Salon de Pasos Perdidos, Hall of Lost Steps

46 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - Charlotte Ryan, Peter Ryan, Jerome Ryan in the Salon de Pasos Perdidos, Hall of Lost Steps Charlotte Ryan, Peter Ryan, and Jerome Ryan pose in the Salon de Pasos Perdidos (Hall of Lost Steps) in the Capitolio in Havana Centro.

46 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio - Charlotte Ryan, Peter Ryan, Jerome Ryan in the Salon de Pasos Perdidos, Hall of Lost Steps

47 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio Parliament, bas-relief by Italian artist Gianni Remuzzi, Capitolio National Library, Salon de Simon Bolivar On each end of the Capitolio in Havana Centro are two semicircular chambers that formerly housed the Chamber of Deputies and Parliament. Behind the podium in the Parliament Hall is a large bas-relief by Italian artist Gianni Remuzzi, showing various Cuban people and animals and other elements of Cuban life. The mahogany-paneled room is the National Library of Science and Technology. Salon de Simon Bolivar is one of the many impressive rooms within the Capitolio.

47 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio Parliament, bas-relief by Italian artist Gianni Remuzzi, Capitolio National Library, Salon de Simon Bolivar

48 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio Sunset There was a beautiful sunset over the Capitolio in Havana Centro.

48 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio Sunset

49 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio Sunset The 62m Capitolio stone cupola looks out over the Havana Centro skyline at sunset.

49 Cuba - Havana Centro - Capitolio Sunset

51 Cuba - Havana Centro - Old American Cars and colourful buildings across from Capitolio Two colourful old American cars stand at the entrance to the Capitolio in Havana Centro, with a view of the colonaded buildings across the street.

51 Cuba - Havana Centro - Old American Cars and colourful buildings across from Capitolio

52 Cuba - Havana Centro - Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagas cigar factory The Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagas building next to the Capitolio stands out because of the ornate colourful maroon and cream exterior. It is one of Havana's oldest cigar factories, founded in 1845 by a Spaniard named Jaime Partagás. We weren’t interested in cigars so we skipped the tour.

52 Cuba - Havana Centro - Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagas cigar factory

53 Cuba - Havana Centro - Apartment Buildings Behind the Capitolio in Havana Centro are some old apartment buildings.

53 Cuba - Havana Centro - Apartment Buildings

54 Cuba - Havana Centro - Apartment Building Windows close up Here is a close up of the windows of an apartment building behind the Capitolio in Havana.

54 Cuba - Havana Centro - Apartment Building Windows close up

55 Cuba - Havana Centro - Traingular Building As we drove through Havana Centro, this triangular building caught my eye.

55 Cuba - Havana Centro - Traingular Building

56 Cuba - Havana Centro - Prado The Prado is a pedestrian European-style boulevard, officially known as Paseo de Marti, built between 1770 and the mid-1830s, stretching from Parque Central to the Malecon. Eight bronze lions, symbolizing Havana, were added in 1928. Elegant wrought-iron street lamps were added in 1834, together with the multi-coloured marble pavement.

56 Cuba - Havana Centro - Prado

57 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel Sevilla outside, Hotel Sevilla lobby The neo-Moorish Hotel Sevilla in Havana just off the Prado harks back to a bygone age of Spanish stucco and intricate craftsmanship. The gilded lobby has blue-tinted azulejos (glazed tiles) and decorative wooden ceilings. Graham Green used the Sevilla room 501 as the setting in his 1958 novel Our Man in Havana where Wormold meets his boss.

57 Cuba - Havana Centro - Hotel Sevilla outside, Hotel Sevilla lobby

60 Cuba - Havana Centro - Palacio de Bellas Artes The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana Centro is spread across two buildings. The Palacio del Centro Asturiano, located next to Parque Central, features European Art. The Palacio de Bellas Artes on the Prado was built in 1959 and features Cuban Art.

60 Cuba - Havana Centro - Palacio de Bellas Artes

61 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes cuban art - marble sculpture Form Space and Light by Rita Longa Outside the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana Centro is the marble sculpture of two male figures called Form Space and Light (1953) by Rita Longa.

61 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes cuban art - marble sculpture Form Space and Light by Rita Longa

62 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes cuban art - Mosaic inside main door Above the entrance door of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana Centro is a nice mosaic.

62 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes cuban art - Mosaic inside main door

63 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Tomas Sanchez, Relacion, Relationship - Raul Martinez, Isla 70, Islands 70 My favourite painting at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana Centro was Tomas Sanchez, Relacion, Relationship, 1986. We stopped in our tracks and sat down to admire and become engrossed in this magical mystical landscape. Raul Martinez, Isla 70, Islands 70, 1970, was another favourite. I also liked his other Warhol-like paintings Siempre Che, Che Forever, 1970; and 15 repeticiones de Marti, 1966.

63 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Tomas Sanchez, Relacion, Relationship - Raul Martinez, Isla 70, Islands 70

64 Havana Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Victor Manuel Garcia, Gitana Tropical, Tropical Gypsy - Jose A Bencomo Mena, La Flor Blanca, The White Flower My second favourite painting at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana Centro was Victor Manuel Garcia, Gitana Tropical, Tropical Gypsy, 1929. This painting of a woman set against the background of a barren landscape has become a symbol of Cuban painting. Jose A Bencomo Mena, La Flor Blanca, The White Flower, 1944, was another favourite.

64 Havana Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Victor Manuel Garcia, Gitana Tropical, Tropical Gypsy - Jose A Bencomo Mena, La Flor Blanca, The White Flower

65 Havana Centro - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Wilfredo Lam, La Silla, The Chair - Amelia Pelaez, Interior con Columnas, Interior with Columns My third favourite painting at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana Centro was Wilfredo Lam, La Silla, The Chair, 1943. I also liked several other excellent Wilfredo Lam paintings at the museum, including the El tercer mundo, The Third World, 1966; Huracán, Hurricane, 1946; and Mujer Sentada, Seated Woman, 1949. Amelia Pelaez, Interior con Columnas, Interior with Columns, 1951, was another favourite. I also liked Flores Amarillas, Yellow Flowers, 1964, by Amelia Pelaez.

65 Havana Centro - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Wilfredo Lam, La Silla, The Chair - Amelia Pelaez, Interior con Columnas, Interior with Columns

66 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Jorge Arche, Primavera o Descanso, Spring or Rest - Mariano Rodriguez, Unidad, Unity Jorge Arche, Primavera o Descanso, Spring or Rest, 1940, and Mariano Rodriguez, Unidad, Unity, 1938 are two more of my favourite paintings at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana Centro.

66 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Jorge Arche, Primavera o Descanso, Spring or Rest - Mariano Rodriguez, Unidad, Unity

67 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Eduardo Abela, Guajiros, Farmers - Antonio Gattorno - Mujeres junto al Rio, Women by the River Eduardo Abela, Guajiros, Farmers, 1938, and Antonio Gattorno - Mujeres junto al Rio, Women by the River, 1927 are two more of my favourite paintings at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana Centro.

67 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Eduardo Abela, Guajiros, Farmers - Antonio Gattorno - Mujeres junto al Rio, Women by the River

68 Havana Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Rene Portocarrero, Retrato de Flora No. 23 - Carlos Enriquez Gomez, El Rapto de las Mulatas I really liked Rene Portocarrero, Retrato de Flora No. 23, Portrait of a Flower Number 23, 1966, and Paisaje a Habana en Rojo, Havana Landscape in Red, 1962. Carlos Enriquez Gomez, El Rapto de las Mulatas, The Kidnapping of the Mulatas, 1938, is a dream-like tangle of human figures, horses and landscape that echoes the classical theme of the rape of the Sabine women.

68 Havana Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Rene Portocarrero, Retrato de Flora No. 23 - Carlos Enriquez Gomez, El Rapto de las Mulatas

81 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion and tank used in Bay Of Pigs The Museo de la Revolucion is housed in the former Presidential Palace in Havana Centro, constructed between 1913 and 1920 and used by a string of cash-embezzling Cuban presidents, culminating in Fulgencio Batista. In front of the building is an SAU-100 tank used by Castro during the 1961 Battle of the Bay of Pigs. The museum houses documents, photographs and artefacts pertaining to the Cuban Revolution and provides an excellent introduction to, and understanding of, Cuba's history and its struggle for independence.

81 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion and tank used in Bay Of Pigs

82 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - main staircase and Jose Marti statue The monumental main staircase of the Museo de la Revolución in Havana Centro has a statue of Jose Marti. The wall still bears the marks of the bullets shot here on March 13, 1957, during an attack on Batista. The dictator managed to save his life by escaping to the upper floors.

82 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - main staircase and Jose Marti statue

83 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - Peter Ryan and Jose Marti Peter Ryan wears his Coldplay Viva La Vida (Long Live Life) t-shirt in front of the statue of Jose Marti on the main staircase of the Museo de la Revolución in Havana Centro.

83 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - Peter Ryan and Jose Marti

84 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - Dome The dome of the Museo de la Revolución in Havana Centro consists of multi-coloured ceramics on four panels against a golf leaf background.

84 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - Dome

85 Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - Castro Guitar, Fidel and Raul Castro 1957, Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara, former Presidential Office Some of the more interesting exhibits in the Museo de la Revolución in Havana Centro are the guitar that Castro and his fellow prisoners played to entertain themselves on the Isle Of Pines from 1953 to 1955, lots of photographs and newspaper articles including a photo of Fidel Castro, Raul Castro and Universo Sanchez singing the national anthem acclaiming the revolution at Pico Real del Turquino in 1957, life size wax figures of Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara, and the former Presidential Office with its original decoration and furniture dating from 1940s and a bust of Jose Marti.

85 Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - Castro Guitar, Fidel and Raul Castro 1957, Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara, former Presidential Office

86 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - revolutionary mural with the slogan Prensa Libre La Habana I de Enero de 1959 Huye Batista One of the more interesting exhibits in the Museo de la Revolución in Havana Centro is a huge revolutionary mural with the slogan Prensa Libre La Habana I de Enero de 1959 Huye Batista,

86 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - revolutionary mural with the slogan Prensa Libre La Habana I de Enero de 1959 Huye Batista

87 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - Salon de los Espejos, Room of Mirrors The shimmering Salon de los Espejos (Room of Mirrors) of the Museo de la Revolución in Havana was designed to resemble the room of the same name at the Palace of Versailles. The ceiling frescoes are by Cuban painters Armado Menocal and Antonio Rodriguez Morey.

87 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - Salon de los Espejos, Room of Mirrors

88 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - Pavillon Granma - Fidel Castro Yacht, Eternal Flame In the space behind the of the Museo de la Revolución in Havana is the Pavillon Granma, a memorial to the 18m yacht that carried Fidel Castro and 81 other revolutionaries from Tuxpán, Mexico, to Cuba in December 1956. Also on display is a plane shot down during the ill fated Bay of Pigs invasion, and an eternal flame burning to commemorate all Cuban heroes.

88 Cuba - Havana Centro - Museo de la Revolucion - Pavillon Granma - Fidel Castro Yacht, Eternal Flame

91 Cuba - Havana Centro - Malecon - Martires del 71 - Maximo Gomez statue and Museo de la Revolucion behind At the end of the Prado next to the Malecon in Havana Centro is the Parque Martires del 71 with a huge statue of Máximo Gómez on a horse. When José Martí began the War of Independence, he asked Gómez to lead his revolutionaries. Using small guerilla forces, Gómez would go from town to town, burning the Spanish plantations and eliminating their troops. Behind the statue is the Museo de la Revolución.

91 Cuba - Havana Centro - Malecon - Martires del 71 - Maximo Gomez statue and Museo de la Revolucion behind

92 Cuba - Havana Centro - Malecon looking towards Havana Vedado The Malecon is Havana’s seaside promenade extending from the Prado to the western end of Vedado. When the sea is calm, Habaneros come in the evenings to converse and share a bottle of rum, and during the day to sunbathe and fish and swim off the rocks.

92 Cuba - Havana Centro - Malecon looking towards Havana Vedado

93 Cuba - Havana - Castillo De Los Tres Santos Reyes Magnos Del Morro Castillo el Morro was built between 1589 and 1630 on a rocky bluff above the Atlantic to protect Havana harbour from pirates. The lighthouse was added in 1844.

93 Cuba - Havana - Castillo De Los Tres Santos Reyes Magnos Del Morro

94 Cuba - Havana - Malecon in bad weather and Castillo De Los Tres Santos Reyes Magnos Del Morro But when it’s windy, the Malecon is practically deserted as large sea swells crash over the street. The Castillo el Morro is across the Bay of Havana.

94 Cuba - Havana - Malecon in bad weather and Castillo De Los Tres Santos Reyes Magnos Del Morro