Sights & Attractions in Havana

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Name	Category	Location

Capitolio Modeled after Washington, D.C.'s domed Capitol building, Havana's...	Architectural Sites	Centro Habana

Casa de la Obrapía This house is named for the obra pía (pious work) with...	Houses / Mansions	La Habana Vieja

Casa Natal de José Martí On January 28, 1853, Cuba's padre de la patria (father of the...	Museums / Galleries	La Habana Vieja

Castillo de la Real Fuerza Constructed in 1558 by order of Spanish King Felipe II three...	Museums / Galleries, Military Sites	La Habana Vieja

Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro Begun in 1589, Havana's landmark fort is named for the Reyes...	Museums / Galleries, Military Sites	Habana del Este


Castillo de San Carlos de la Cabaña In 1762 Lord Albemarle took El Morro for the English after a...	Museums / Galleries, Military Sites	Habana del Este

Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta On a point (hence, the name) directly across from El Morro, La...	Military Sites	Habana del Este

Catedral de la Habana Cuba's Cervantes Prize-winning novelist, Alejo Carpentier, may...	Religious Sites	La Habana Vieja

Cojímar The fishing village Hemingway described in The Old Man and the...	Towns	Habana del Este

Edificio Bacardí Built in 1930, the former Bacardí rum headquarters (the...	Architectural Sites	Centro Habana

El Cristo de La Habana Sometimes referred to as El Cristo de Casa Blanca for the eastern...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue)	Habana del Este

El Malecón Havana's famous Malecón, sheltered by a sea wall, runs...	Promenades / Boardwalks	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond

El Templete This neoclassical, faux-Doric temple was built in 1828 on the...	Religious Sites, Memorials / Monuments	La Habana Vieja

Estudiantes de Medicina A fragment of Havana's early ramparts commemorates the spot where...	Memorials / Monuments	Centro Habana

Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás Tobacco is a fundamental part of Cuban life, and a look inside...	Industrial Sites	Centro Habana

Fundación Destilera Havana Club A stop here provides a look at the insides of a rum distillery—including...	Museums / Galleries	La Habana Vieja

Guanabacoa Once a small sugar and tobacco center, Guanabacoa is inhabited...	Towns	Habana del Este

Iglesia Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje Although originally founded in 1640 as the Ermita de Nuestra...	Religious Sites	La Habana Vieja

Iglesia y Convento Menor de San Francisco de Asís The Latin inscription over the main door of this church and convent...	Religious Sites	La Habana Vieja

Maqueta de la Habana Vieja This scale model of La Habana Vieja is a very handy way to get...	Museums / Galleries	La Habana Vieja

Memorial Granma A glass enclosure behind the Museo de la Revolución shelters...	Military Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Centro Habana

Monumento Máximo Gómez This bronze equestrian monument honors the great military leader...	Memorials / Monuments	Centro Habana

Museo de Artes Decorativos The house containing this museum was built in 1927 and owned...	Museums / Galleries	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond

Museo de la Revolución Batista's Palacio Presidencial, unsuccessfully attacked by students...	Museums / Galleries, Architectural Sites	Centro Habana

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes—Colección Cubana Havana's fine-arts museum occupies two separate buildings, each...	Museums / Galleries	Centro Habana

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes—Colección de Arte Universal The collection is housed in the splendid Centro Asturiano finished...	Museums / Galleries	Centro Habana

Palacio de los Capitanes Generales At the western end of the Plaza de Armas is the former residence...	Castles / Palaces	La Habana Vieja

Parque Central Across from the Hotel de Inglaterra and the Gran Teatro de la...	Parks	Centro Habana

Parque Coppelia Named for the 1870 ballet by the French composer Léo Délibes...	Parks	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond

Plaza de Armas So called for its use as a drill field by colonial troops, this...	Squares	La Habana Vieja

Plaza de la Catedral The square that surrounds and is named for the Catedral de la...	Squares	La Habana Vieja

Plaza de la Revolución This plaza in upper Vedado may seem grandiose and soulless, but...	Squares	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond

Plaza Vieja What is now called the Old Square was originally Plaza Nueva...	Squares	La Habana Vieja
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