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The thirty by forty-nine meters rectangular church serves as the seat of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana. [1] Christopher Columbus’s remains were kept in the cathedral between 1796 and 1898 before they were taken to Seville Cathedral. [2] It was built between 1748 and 1777 [3] and was consecrated in 1782. [4]
Cathedral of Saint Eugene of the Palma in Ciego de Avila; Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Cienfuegos; Cathedral of St. Catherine of Ricci in Guantánamo; Cathedral of St. Isidore in Holguín; Cathedral of St. Charles Borromeo in Matanzas; Cathedral of San Rosendo in Pinar del Río; Cathedral of St. Christopher in Havana
In 1514, Diego Velázquez founded the city San Cristóbal de la Habana, which meant "Saint Christopher of the Habana".Habana was the name of the local people group. It has been theorized that the name derived from Habaguanex, who was a chief of the Native American tribe.
Political map of The Guianas. The Guianas, also spelled Guyanas or Guayanas, is a geographical region in north-eastern South America. Strictly, the term refers to the three Guianas: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, formerly British, Dutch, and French Guiana respectively. Broadly, it refers to the South American coast from the mouth of the ...
Iglesia de Jesús de Miramar is the second largest church in Cuba. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. It was begun in 1948 and inaugurated on May 28, 1953. It is constructed in the Romanesque-Byzantine style. Its architects were Eugenio Cosculluela (1893–1978) y, Guido Sutter.
San Cristobal de la Habana (cigar) This page was last edited on 12 September 2017, at 01:10 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Eastern entrance to the Havana Tunnel, under the Malecón and the San Salvador de la Punta Fortress. The Autopista A2, also known as Primer Anillo de La Habana (First Ring of Havana), [1] is a Cuban motorway serving the city of Havana, [2] that connects almost all of the Cuban motorways to each other.
Campo de Marte, Havana. Fence and plinth surrounding the Árbol de la Fraternidad, Havana, 1928 (Oficina del Historiador de La Habana). In the seventeenth century, the grounds of what was to become the Field of Mars (Spanish: Campo de Marte) were part of a muddy and impassable area, it was located outsode of the walls that surrounded the town of San Cristóbal de La Habana, and, in spite of ...