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  2. Plaza Vieja, Havana - Wikipedia

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    Plaza Vieja was the site of executions, processions, bullfights, and fiestas - all witnessed by Havana's wealthiest citizens, who looked on from their balconies. The urban architectural complex of Plaza Vieja is represented by valuable colonial buildings from the XVII, XVIII and XIX and some examples of the early twentieth century.

  3. Old Havana - Wikipedia

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    Old Havana (Spanish: La Habana Vieja) is the city-center (downtown) and one of the 15 municipalities (or boroughs) forming Havana, Cuba.It has the second highest population density in the city and contains the core of the original city of Havana.

  4. Palacio de los Capitanes Generales - Wikipedia

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    The Palacio de los Capitanes Generales is the former official residence of the Spanish Empire's governors (Captains General) of Havana, Cuba, and in the Post-Colonial Period was for many time the City Hall. Located on the eastern side of the Plaza de Armas in Old Havana it is home to the Museum of the City of Havana (Museo de la Ciudad). It ...

  5. Paseo del Prado, Havana - Wikipedia

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    Paseo del Prado is a street and promenade in Havana, Cuba, near the location of the old city wall, and the division between Centro Habana and Old Havana. Technically, the Paseo del Prado includes the entire length of Paseo Martí approximately from the Malecon to Calle Máximo Gómez, [a] the Fuente de la India fountain. The promenade has had ...

  6. Plaza de Armas (Havana) - Wikipedia

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    Established in the early 1520s in Habana Vieja, the Plaza de las Armas was designed to serve as the original main square for the military and government in Havana. [2] As Spanish custom when they laid out a new town, open space was reserved for a public square when the city was founded in 1519. [3]

  7. Plaza de San Francisco de Asís - Wikipedia

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    It is named after the nearby Convento de San Francisco de Asís, a Franciscan convent built between 1575 and 1591. A market was historically held in this square, which was eventually moved to the Plaza Vieja as the monks from the church complained of the noise. [2] The Lonja del Comercio building on the north side of the square opened in 1909.

  8. El Templete - Wikipedia

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    Havana Vieja: Town or city: Ciudad de La Habana: ... El Templete is a monument to the initial mass of San Cristóbal de la Habana celebrated on November 16, 1519. [1] [2]

  9. Plaza de la Catedral - Wikipedia

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    The Plaza de la Catedral and the front of the Cathedral of Havana. Plaza de la Catedral (English: Cathedral Square) is one of the four main squares in Old Havana and the site of the Cathedral of Havana from which it takes its name. [1] Originally a swamp, it was later drained and used as a naval dockyard.