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Catedral de San
Cristóbal (see p68) has a
Cuban Baroque façade,
with undulating lines,
convex surfaces and
columns which set off
the brightly coloured
rose window. The
church dominates Plaza
de la Catedral, which is
surrounded by exquisite
17th–18th-century
colonial buildings.

Museo de la Revolución (see
pp92–3) is housed in the former
presidential palace. In front stands
the tank used by Fidel Castro in the
1961 Battle of the Bay of Pigs.
M A L E C Ó N
L I N E A
M A L EC ÓN AVEN IDA D EL PUERTO
SAN LÁZARO PASEO DE MARTÍ AVENIDA DE LAS
M A L E C Ó N PA S E O 2 3 CALZADA DE INFANTA P AD RE V A R E LA LA HABANA
AVENIDA DE LOS PRESIDENTES
VIEJA
(see pp64–81)
Z A N J A
VEDADO AND PLAZA
MISIONES
L I N E A (see pp100–109) CENTRO HABANA
AND PRADO
(see pp82–99) AVENIDA BÉLGICA AV E N IDA DEL PUERT O
CALZADA DE AYESTARÁN CALZADA DE INFANTA M Á X IMO G ÓMEZ
2 3 DE ZA PATA
CA L Z A D A P A S E O ARROYO

Palacio de los Capitanes
Generales (see pp74–5)
is probably the best example of
18th-century Baroque
Capitolio (see pp86–7) is a architecture in Havana. Its
facsimile of Washington, DC’s own richly decorated marble
Capitol. The two bronzes that entrance by the Italian
flank the entrance are the work of sculptors Gaggini and
the Italian sculptor Angelo Zanelli. Tagliafichi was added in 1835.

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