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VEDADO AND PLAZA

The unusual grid plan of Vedado was the many of the city’s leading families. Vedado
design of the engineer Luis Yboleón Bosque has two different roles. It is Havana’s modern
in 1859. It called for pavements 2-m (6-ft) political and cultural centre, with the city’s
wide, houses with a garden, and broad main hotels, rest aurants, shops, theatres,
straight avenues. The name Vedado cinemas, offices and min istries; and it is also a
(“prohibited”) arose because in the 1500s, his toric quarter with a wealth of gardens and
in order to have full view of any pirates old houses with grand colonial entrances.
approaching, it was forbidden to build Plaza de la Revolución, the venue for major
houses and streets here. In the late 19th and celebrations, is the political centre of Havana
early 20th century the quarter was enlarged, and the whole of Cuba, as well as a highly
becoming a prestigious residential area for symbolic place.

Sights at a Glance
Museums and Galleries Streets and Squares
3 Museo de Artes Decorativas 7 Plaza de la Revolución
5 Museo Napoleónico Cemeteries
Historic Buildings 9 Necrópolis de Colón pp108–9
2 Casa de las Américas Walks
4 Universidad de La Habana 1 A Walk through Vedado pp102–3
6 Quinta de los Molinos
Monuments See also Street Finder,
8 Memorial José Martí p107 pp122–7, maps 1 & 2

MALECÓN
Key
M A L E C Ó N 11
Walk pp102-3 L 13 M A L E C Ó N
LÍNEA M O
1 7 L
15
D
17
I
K 23 (RAMPA) CALZADA DE
M A L E C Ó N 1 PA S E O LÍNEA 13 E F 25 27
19 J
A
7
11
AVENIDA DE LOS PRESIDENTES (G)
C D
H
15 SAN LÁZARO INFANTA
2
7 A 17
12
4 19
11 6 PA S E O
LÍNEA 12 13 15 23 25 D
17 29 AVENIDA SALVADOR
ALLENDE (CARLOS III)
10
18
4 CALZADA DE ZAPATA CALZADA DE ZAPATA
A
21
16
11 12 LUGAREÑO LUACES
15 20 2 A POZOS DULCES
17 PA S E O CALZADA DE AYESTARÁN
24
CALZADA DE ZAPATA 19 DE MAYO
22
4
23 37 PLAZA
19 AVENIDA CARLOS M. DE CÉSPEDES AVENIDA DE RANCHO BOYEROS
DE LA
30 28 6 REVOLUCIÓN
35
37 41
21 AVENIDA 26
A
0 metres 1000
0 yards 1000
Colossal bronze sculpture of Che Guevara on the Ministry of the Interior building For keys to symbols see back flap
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