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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.
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founded San Cristóbal de la Habana in 1514, on the southern coast of the island, near the present town of Surgidero de Batabanó, or more likely on the banks of the Mayabeque River close to Playa Mayabeque. All attempts to found a city on Cuba's south coast failed, however, an early map of Cuba drawn in 1514 places ...
Antonio Maceo Monument. La Casa de Beneficencia, the hotel Manhattan on Calles Belascoáin and San Lazaro, by the U.S. Engineering firm of Purdy and Henderson, and the Hotel Vista Alegre also at the beginning of Calle Belascoáin, anchored a geographically important corner close to the sea of the large expanse of land known as El Barrio San Lazaro and within it and immediately to the north was ...
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]
Calle de San Lázaro at Cazada Infanta, showing the steps at the University of Havana in the background, ca. 1956. Calle San Lázaro, perpendicular to Calle Belascoáin, is 25 blocks long and extends from the steps of the University of Havana in the west to almost the Castillo San Salvador de la Punta in the east. Since the opening of the ...
Town or city: Ciudad de La Habana: Country: ... El Templete is a monument to the initial mass of San Cristóbal de la Habana celebrated on November 16, 1519. [1] [2]