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LA HABANA
CENTRO VIEJA
HABANA AND
PRADO
Locator Map
See Street Finder, pp122–7, map 4
1 . Catedral de San Cristóbal
The Baroque façade of this church, declared a national
monument, is considered one of the most beautiful in
the Americas. Palacio del Conde Lombillo (1746)
is home to the Historiador de La Habana,
which hosts temporary exhibitions of
photographs, paintings and lithographs.
C A L L E T A C Ó N
C A L L E E M P E D R A D O C A L L E M E R C A D E R E S
C A L L E S A N I G N A C I O
Palacio de los Marqueses de
Arcos, built in the 1700s, houses
an art gallery where handicrafts
P L A Z A D E Plaza de and the original letter box is still
and prints are on sale. The building
C A T E D R A L
was once the main post office
L A
Armas (see
pp70–71) visible on the outside wall.
C A L L E J Ó N D E L C H O R R O C A L L E S A N I G N A C I O 2 . Museo de Arte Colonial
Dating from 1720, this is one of the city’s finest examples
of early colonial domestic architecture. It houses an
exhi bition of colonial furniture and objects.
The Taller Experimental de Gráfica (1962) holds
theoretical and practical courses in graphic art for
Cubans and foreigners, and houses a Gallery
of Engravings.
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