Habana 500

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In what municipality of Havana is located the Hermitage of Potosí?

The Hermitage of Potosí, is located in the municipality of Guanabacoa, exactly in the old cemetery of that locality.
The Hermitage of Potosí is an old building which has essential characteristics as it is the oldest existing in the area and one of the few remaining seventeenth century in Cuba. This hermitage that was sent to


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In what neighborhood and municipality of Havana is the Vigía estate located, where the famous American writer Ernesto Hemingway resided in the Cuban capital for more than 20 years?

The Vigía farm is located in the area of ​​San Francisco de Paula, in the current municipality of San Miguel del Padron, in Havana.

At the Vigia Ernest Hemingway estate he not only lived for more than 20 years in Havana but also wrote part of his work "For whom the bell tolls", as well as "Across the river and amo


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Which is the oldest military fortress that is conserved in Havana and in Cuba at present?

The oldest military building that is conserved in Havana and in Cuba at present is the Castillo de la Real Fuerza, located in the Plaza de Armas in Old Havana.

That castle replaced an earlier one that had been built very close to where it is located and that was destroyed by an attack by a corsair to Havana.

The construction


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Where is the Fuente de la India monument located in Havana?

The Fountain of India or Noble Havana is located where the Avenida del Prado ends near the Parque de la Fraternidad and the Capitol of Havana.

The Fountain of India or the Noble Havana, is inspired by a legend of a beautiful aborigine who received in the sixteenth century the Spanish navigators who made the bojeo to Cuba, in 1509. Acco


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In which of the old military fortresses of the colonial era can be seen in one of its towers La Giraldilla?

The Giraldilla is located in the northwest tower of the Castillo de la Real Fuerza, which is the former military fortification of the oldest colonial period that is preserved in Havana.

The Giraldilla is one of the official symbols of the City of Havana, and is a weather vane of harmonious feminine lines that dominates the Havana lands


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