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53/km 2 (140/sq mi) Time zone. UTC-5 ( EST) Area code. +53-422. Santo Domingo is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba . It was founded in 1819 [1] and established as a municipality in 1879.
The Castillo de Santo Domingo de Atarés is a small hexagonal hilltop fort in Havana built in 1767. Work commenced in 1763, around the same time as initial work on Castillo del Príncipe. It is located on La loma de Soto above the harbour. [ 1 ][ 2 ] In 1982, the fort was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, along with other historic ...
From 1879 to 1976, Cuba was divided into six provinces, which maintained with little changes the same boundaries and capital cities, although with modifications in official names. These "historical" provinces are the following (from west to east): Pinar del Río. La Habana, included the city of Havana, current Mayabeque, some municipalities of ...
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 ...
Santo Domingo ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. [ 7]
The Iglesia Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje is distinguished for its simplicity, symmetry and baroque façade; it is also notable for its twin hexagonal towers, the tower of the Epistle and the tower of the Gospel. The latter contains four bells, the oldest was cast in the year 1515. There is an outward flaring arch over the entryway.
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.
Reinforced concrete. The Malecón (officially Avenida de Maceo) is a broad esplanade, roadway, and seawall that stretches for 8 km (5 miles) along the coast in Havana, Cuba, [ 1 ] from the mouth of Havana Harbor in Old Havana, along the north side of the Centro Habana neighborhood and the Vedado neighborhood, ending at the mouth of the Almendares .