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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 largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region.
1630 – San Salvador de la Punta Fortress built. [citation needed] 1640 – Morro Castle built. [1] 1644 – Convent of Santa Clara founded. [4] [6] 1648 – Epidemic. [4] 1668 – Church of San Francisco de Paula (Havana) [ es] construction begins. [citation needed] 1688 – Recollect Dominicans of Santa Cataline de Siena founded.
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 University of Havana ( UH; Spanish: Universidad de La Habana) is a public university located in the Vedado district of Havana, the capital of Cuba. Founded on 5 January 1728, the university is the oldest in Cuba, and one of the first to be founded in the Americas. Originally a religious institution, today the university has 15 faculties ...
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 ...
Palacio de los Capitanes Generales in 1848, from Viaje Pintoresco alrededor de la Isla de Cuba. 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 ...
The Lonja del Comercio first opened in March 1909. Set obliquely to the Plaza de San Francisco de Asís on its north side, it was designed in a mainly Renaissance and eclectic style as a commodities trading building. It is in close proximity to Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis. The dome is crowned by a bronze statue of Mercury, a replica ...
Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms. The two main categories are Afro-Cuban jazz, rhythmically based on Cuban popular dance music, with a rhythm section employing ostinato patterns or a clave, and Afro-Brazilian jazz, which includes samba and bossa nova.