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Havana. / 23.13667°N 82.35889°W / 23.13667; -82.35889. Havana ( / həˈvænə /; Spanish: La Habana [la aˈβana] ⓘ) [ 5] is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. [ 6] It is the most populous city, the largest by area, and the second ...
Havana was first visited by Spaniards during Sebastián de Ocampo 's circumnavigation of the island in 1508. [ 2] In 1510, the first Spanish colonists arrived from the island of Hispaniola and began the conquest of Cuba. Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founded San Cristóbal de la Habana in 1514, on the southern coast of the island, near the ...
Map of Havana, 1739 Plan of Havana, 1758 Map of Havana, 1762 Detail of the plan of the city, port and castles of San Christobal de La Habana-1776. 1748 – Battle of Havana. 1762 – Battle of Havana; British in power. [8] 1763 – 6 July: Spanish in power per Treaty of Paris (1763). [9] 1767 – Castillo de Atarés built. [3] 1768 Hurricane. [1]
Cuba. 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. The positions of the original Havana city walls are the modern boundaries of Old Havana.
The Siege of Havana was a successful British siege against Spanish-ruled Havana that lasted from March to August 1762, as part of the Seven Years' War.After Spain abandoned its former policy of neutrality by signing the family compact with France, resulting in a British declaration of war on Spain in January 1762, the British government decided to mount an attack on the important Spanish ...
The National Capitol of Cuba, also known as Capitolio Nacional de La Habana (National Capitol of La Habana), and often simply referred to as El Capitolio(The Capitol), is a public edifice in Havana, the capital of Cuba. The building was commissioned by Cuban president Gerardo Machado and built from 1926 to 1929 under the direction of Eugenio ...
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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.