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Fortress of San Carlos de la Cabana

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The Fortress of San Carlos de la Cabaña is located on a hill to the east side of the port of Havana, in the Morro-Cabaña Military Historical Park. This colossal fortification was erected in the 18th century, between 1763 and 1774, in order to cover a weak point in the city's defenses.

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Castle of San Pedro de la Roca del Morro

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The military fortress Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca, also known as “Castillo del Morro”, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997 for its great historical and architectural value. Formerly it was known as the Piracy Museum, but it changed its name to adapt to the new contents of the museum more general and related to the environment in which it is located in Santiago de Cuba.

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Casa del Che Cultural Center in La Cabaña

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The Casa del Che Cultural Center in La Cabaña is located in the first house that Che Guevara occupied in 1959, when Fidel Castro ordered him to move towards Santa Clara and occupy the area of La Cabaña in Havana, being the first place where Che sleeps on his arrival in Havana.

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Castle of San Salvador de La Punta

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The Castle of San Salvador de La Punta stands on the Port of Havana, forming part of the defensive system formed by the four fortresses that defend the Bay of Havana. It was designed by Italian military engineer Giovanni Bautista Antonelli and was built between 1589 and 1600.

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Museum of the Revolution

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The Museum of the Revolution is housed in the former Presidential Palace, built between 1913 and 1920 and used by several presidents of Cuba, of which the last was Fulgencio Batista. The famous New York Tiffany’s decorated its interior.

Church of Jesus of Miramar

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The Church of Jesús de Miramar, one of the largest churches in Cuba, is located on the famous Fifth Avenue in the Miramar neighborhood, in the modern municipality of Playa, Havana.

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Palace of the Second Cape

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The Palace of the Second Cape, also known as Palacio de la Intendencia or Royal Post Office, is located in the north of the Plaza de Armas, next to the Palace of the General Captains, in Old Havana. This majestic palace, like the Palace of the General Captains, is neoclassical in style. Its construction was carried out in 1772, in local limestone, full of cavity and marine limestone inlays.

Pinar del Rio Cathedral

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The Cathedral of San Rosendo is an austere and little visited temple of Pinar del Río, but it is still interesting. This cathedral is located four blocks southeast of the Francisco Donatien Tobacco Factory, in Pinar del Río, Cuba.

Church of the Holy Trinity

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The Church of the Holy Trinity was built in Sancti Spíritus between 1817 and 1892, with a delay of 75 years in its construction, which caused different styles such as the neoclassical, Greek and the nineteenth-century tendencies to be followed.

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