The Casa de 脕frica houses sacred objects relating to Santer铆a, including Abaku谩 masks, collected by ethnographer Fernando Ort铆z.
老澳门六合彩开奖记录's must-see attractions
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Havana's main cemetery (a national monument), one of the largest in the Americas, is renowned for its striking religious iconography and elaborate marble鈥
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The 惭补濒别肠贸苍, Havana's evocative 7km-long sea drive, is one of the city's most soulful and quintessentially Cuban thoroughfares, and long a favored meeting鈥
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The incomparable Capitolio Nacional is Havana's most ambitious and grandiose building, constructed after the post-WWI boom ('Dance of the Millions')鈥
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Habana Vieja's most uniform square is a museum to Cuban baroque, with all the surrounding buildings, including the city's beguiling asymmetrical cathedral鈥
Castillo de los Tres Santos Reyes Magnos del Morro
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This wave-lashed fort with its emblematic lighthouse was erected between 1589 and 1630 to protect the entrance to Havana harbor from pirates and foreign鈥
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Where does art go after Antoni Gaud铆? For a hint, head west from central Havana to the seemingly low-key district of Jaimanitas, where artist Jos茅 Fuster鈥
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Laid out in 1559, Plaza Vieja is Havana's most architecturally eclectic square, where Cuban baroque nestles seamlessly next to Gaud铆-inspired art nouveau鈥
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
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Spread over two campuses, the Bellas Artes is arguably the finest art gallery in the Caribbean. The Arte Cubano building contains the most comprehensive鈥
Nearby Habana Vieja attractions
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One of the more muscular sights around Calle Mercaderes is this typical Havana aristocratic residence, constructed around 1648 and rebuilt in 1780鈥
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This museum contains antediluvian fire equipment dedicated to 19 Havana firefighters who lost their lives in an 1890 railway blaze.
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A diminutive museum dedicated to Latin America鈥檚 great liberator, who remains a perennial hero to most Cubans. Downstairs there are panels containing text鈥
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The corner of Mercaderes and Obrap铆a has an international flavor, with a bronze statue of Sim贸n Bol铆var, the Latin America liberator, in a small park.
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An old gun shop (now museum) stormed by revolutionaries on the said date in 1958. Mercifully, the armaments are no longer for sale.
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Herein lies a 1:500 scale model of Habana Vieja, complete with an authentic soundtrack meant to replicate a day in the life of the city. It's incredibly鈥
7. Casa de M茅xico Benito Ju谩rez
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The Casa de M茅xico Benito Ju谩rez exhibits Mexican folk art and plenty of books but not a lot on Ju谩rez (Mexico鈥檚 first indigenous president) himself.
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Cobbled, car-free Calle Mercaderes (Merchant's Street) has been extensively restored by the Office of the City Historian and is an almost complete replica鈥