Habana Vieja

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historic district neighborhood tourist destination

Habana Vieja is the historic old quarter of Havana, Cuba, renowned for its colonial architecture, cobblestone streets, and vibrant cultural life.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Old Havana 2
Habana Vieja (Old Havana) 1
La Habana Vieja 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
architecturalStyle Spanish colonial ⓘ
baroque ⓘ
neoclassical ⓘ
contains Convento de San Francisco de Asís ⓘ
surface form: Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asís

Bodeguita del Medio ⓘ
Calle Mercaderes ⓘ
Capitolio vicinity ⓘ
Castillo del Morro ⓘ
surface form: Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta

Castillo de la Real Fuerza ⓘ
Convento de San Francisco de Asís ⓘ
El Templete ⓘ
Havana Cathedral ⓘ
Hotel Ambos Mundos ⓘ
Floridita bar ⓘ
surface form: La Floridita

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (colonial building) ⓘ
Museo de la Ciudad de La Habana ⓘ
Obispo Street ⓘ
Palacio de los Capitanes Generales ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
foundedAs walled colonial city ⓘ
governedBy Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad de La Habana ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Spanish colonial urban layout ⓘ
cobblestone streets ⓘ
colonial architecture ⓘ
historic plazas ⓘ
narrow streets ⓘ
vibrant cultural life ⓘ
hasFeature art galleries ⓘ
live music venues ⓘ
museums ⓘ
renovated colonial buildings ⓘ
residential areas ⓘ
restaurants and bars ⓘ
hasView Havana Bay ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor Malecón proximity ⓘ
Plaza Vieja ⓘ
Plaza de Armas ⓘ
Plaza de San Francisco de Asís ⓘ
Plaza de la Catedral ⓘ
historic fortifications ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean region ⓘ
Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Havana

La Habana Province ⓘ
surface form: Havana Province
originalFunction administrative center of colonial Havana ⓘ
commercial center of Havana ⓘ
partOf Old Havana ⓘ
surface form: historic center of Havana

municipality of La Habana Vieja ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
significance one of the best-preserved colonial centers in the Americas ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
transport pedestrian-friendly area ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria cultural ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1982 ⓘ
UNESCORegion Latin America ⓘ
surface form: Latin America and the Caribbean
urbanForm grid plan ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Centro Habana → hasBorderWith → Habana Vieja ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Havana
Malecón → hasCityDistrict → Habana Vieja ⓘ
Havana Bay → hasNearbyDistrict → Habana Vieja ⓘ
this entity surface form: Habana Vieja (Old Havana)
this entity surface form: Old Havana
Malecón, Havana → passesThrough → Habana Vieja ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Habana Vieja