On a large traffic island overlooking the mouth of the harbor is a rather grand depiction of M谩ximo G贸mez, a war hero from the Dominican Republic who fought tirelessly for Cuban independence in both the 1868 and 1895 conflicts with the Spanish. The impressive statue of him sitting atop a horse was created by Italian artist Aldo Gamba in 1935 and faces heroically out to sea.
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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Now the Spanish embassy, this beautiful wedding-cake-like building was constructed in the art nouveau style in 1912. It's the only embassy in this part of鈥
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The brainchild of Gilberto Valladares, aka 'Papito,' this novel hairdressing salon is also a school and a small museum to the barber's art. Even better,鈥
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In Parque de los Enamorados (Lovers' Park), surrounded by speeding traffic, lies a section of the colonial 颁谩谤肠别濒 (aka Tac贸n Prison), built in 1838. Many鈥
4. Memorial a los Estudiantes de Medicina
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A fragment of wall encased in marble at the end of Paseo de Mart铆 marks the spot where, in 1871, eight Cuban medical students were shot by the Spanish in鈥
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Preserved in Parque de los Enamorados (Lovers' Park), surrounded by streams of speeding traffic, is a surviving section of the colonial 颁谩谤肠别濒 (Tac贸n鈥
6. Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta
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One in a quartet of forts defending Havana harbor, La Punta was designed by Italian military engineer Bautista Antonelli and built between 1589 and 1600鈥
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A project of Arte Corte inaugurated in December 2013 in collaboration with the Office of the City Historian, Barbeparque is a whimsical space that invites鈥
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This lovely, intimate plaza behind the Iglesia del Santo 脕ngel Custodio has benefited from a recent beautification project that has installed several鈥