CUBA: EXPLORING OLD HAVANA'S most beautiful SQUARE (PLAZA VIEJA) ????
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Cuba is a Caribbean island nation under communist rule. It has sugar-white beaches and is dotted with tobacco fields, which play a part in the production of the country's legendary cigars. The capital, Havana, is lined with pastel houses, 1950s-era cars and Spanish-colonial architecture in the 16th-century core, Old Havana. Salsa music plays in the dance clubs and cabaret shows are performed at the famed Tropicana.
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HAVANA, CUBA WALKING TOUR - Plaza Vieja to Cruise Terminal
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Walk the most beautiful part of Old Havana, moments from the Havana Cruise Port at Christmas.
We walk along Calle Mercaderes, seeing multicoloured statues through open doors, passing Plaza de Simon Bolivar on the corner of Calle Obrapía, the greenery of Guayasamín Park, and then follow the sounds of the street performers into the grand Havana Old Square (Plaza Vieja de La Habana.)
This famous square is home to the excellent coffee house Café El Escorial, and the bar La Vitrola, where Madonna famously danced on the bar as she celebrated her 58th birthday.
We walk back along the restaurants and cafes on Calle Mercaderes before turning right on Calle Amargura to reach Plaza de San Francisco. Paved with cobblestones, and facing the harbour, this plaza is home to the Fuente de los Leones fountain.
From here, the Cuba Cruise Port Terminal, Terminal Sierra Maestra is directly ahead, across the pedestrian crossing.
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Old Square (Plaza Vieja): La Habana Vieja, Havana, Cuba
What is now called the Old Square was originally Plaza Nueva (New Square), built as a popular alternative to Plaza de Armas, the military and government nerve center. Later called Plaza del Mercado (Market Square) as Havana's commercial hub, Plaza Vieja was the site of executions, processions, bullfights, and fiestas -- all witnessed by Havana's wealthiest citizens, who looked on from their balconies. The original Carrara marble fountain surrounded by four dolphins was demolished in the 1930s when President Gerardo Machado (1871-1939) built an underground parking lot here. Today the square's surrounding structures vary wildly in condition, though all of them are noteworthy.
Plaza Vieja, the Old Square, in Havana, Cuba
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Beautiful Plaza Vieja with its old buildings at the central plaza (founded 1559), beautiful inner courtyards with stained glass doors, porticos, photos of the house and courtyard of Conde de Jaruco. Planetarium, Dark Camera, Cultural Center, restaurants. Havana Bay.
Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963), composer and pianist of worldwide fame. He composed over six hundred pieces, mostly in the Cuban vein, and was a pianist of exceptional skill. Lecuona's talent for composition has influenced the Latin American world bringing his Cuban music to classical status.
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Plaza Vieja de la Habana. Old Square in Havana. Cuba
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Al viajar a Cuba, descubrirás una de las plazas más céntrica de La Habana Vieja: la Plaza Vieja. Se halla en la manzana que ocupan las calles Teniente Rey (Brasil), San Ignacio, Muralla y Mercaderes/Inquisidor; si caminas recto por cualquiera de estos caminos te encontrará con esta Plaza. En la etapa colonial en ella se hallaba uno de los mercados principales de La Habana; hoy, luego de varias centurias, la Plaza Vieja mantiene el vigor de sus inicios. Rodeada de restauradas casonas de los siglos XVIII, XIX, e inicios del XX, muestra en cada una de sus calles curiosas atracciones al viajante.
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Plaza Vieja in Havana is fully restored by UNESCO
Plaza Vieja (Old Square) was originally Plaza Nueva (New Square) and was founded in 1559. Plaza Vieja was the site of executions, processions, bullfights and parties and the wealthy citizens of Havana watched from their balconies. Plaza Vieja has valuable colonial buildings from the sixteenth , eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and some examples of the early twentieth century. In the eighteenth century the square was transformed into a popular market and was the Plaza del Mercado (market ) called. The original Carrara marble fountain surrounded by four dolphins was demolished in the 1930s when President Gerardo Machado (1871-1939) built an underground parking. Since the early eighties Old Havana was declared a protected area by UNESCO and architects and restorers began with the restoration project of the Plaza Vieja. Now the whole square is restored you get a good idea of how beautiful Havana must have been.
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La Plaza Vieja de La Habana (Old Plaza of Havana)
The Plaza Vieja (1550's) is a plaza located in Old Havana, Cuba. The plaza and its surroundings are also one of the seven (neighborhoods) of the municipality of Old Havana. It has a residential population of more than 17,400.
From the sixteenth century the City Council decreed the establishment of this square, but it was not until the late seventeenth century that the then identified as Plaza Nueva flourished almost spontaneously.
It emerged as an open space in 1559, after the Plaza de Armas and San Francisco, respectively, although there are some authors who point out that it was the second plaza in Havana. It was a residential area of the Creole plutocracy during colonial times.
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La Plaza Vieja (1550’s) es una plaza ubicada en la Habana Vieja, Cuba. La plaza y sus alrededores son también uno de los siete (barrios) del municipio de la Habana Vieja. Tiene una población residencial de más de 17,400.
Desde el siglo XVI el Ayuntamiento decretó el establecimiento de esta plaza, pero no fue hasta finales del siglo XVII que la entonces identificada como Plaza Nueva floreció casi de manera espontánea.
Surgió como espacio abierto en 1559, luego de la Plaza de Armas y la de San Francisco, respectivamente, aunque hay algunos autores que señalan que fue la segunda plaza existente en La Habana. Fue zona residencial de la plutocracia criolla en tiempos de la colonia.
Plaza Vieja, Old Square, Havana, Cuba
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Plaza Vieja is one of the main plaza in the historic part of Habana, in Cuba. It's an airy place, clean, with beautiful colorful buildings.
located at a walking distance from other famous squares like the Plaza de Armas and Plaza San Francisco.
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Plaza Vieja square in Old Havana, Cuba - InHavana
Plaza Vieja located in Old Havana (Habana Vieja) is a meeting place for Cuban family. Day and night we can find there the kids running and practicing exercises or their parents enjoying the ride. Foreign visitors also participate in this natural, authentic and spontaneous party.
What to do in Old Havana Cuba! | Our food and sightseeing tour of La Habana Vieja
What should you do in Old Havana? If you're like us and you like to explore a new city by foot, a self-guided walking tour is a great way to go. Here is our food and sightseeing tour of La Habana Vieja Cuba.
We spent several days wandering the streets of Habana Vieja during our 2019 trip to Cuba. For this tour, we've rounded up a few of our favourite stops and highlights for you to check out.
From start to finish –– with stops for food, coffee, cocktails and museums –– this #walkingtour of #oldhavana should take approximately 4-6 hours.
We think this is a great way to see just some of the many sites and attractions of this stunning neighbourhood. All while sampling the wide range of food and drinks to be had!
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Plaza Vieja, downtown Havana
Main square in the old section of Havana. February 10, 2016.
Cuba, Havana - Plaza Vieja (2017)
CUBA: EXPLORING the OLDEST SQUARE in HAVANA, historic PLAZA DE ARMAS ????️
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Havana's oldest square which was laid out in the early 1520s, soon after the city's foundation, and was originally known as Plaza de Iglesia after a church that once stood on the site of the present-day Palacio de los Capitanes Generales.
In the center of the square, which is lined with royal palms and hosts a daily (except Sundays) secondhand book market, is a marble statue of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, the man who set Cuba on the road to independence in 1868. The statue replaced one of unpopular Spanish king Ferdinand VII in 1955.
Also of note, on the square's eastern aspect is the late 18th-century Palacio de los Condes de Santovenia, today the five-star Hotel Santa Isabel.
Cuba is a Caribbean island nation under communist rule. It has sugar-white beaches and is dotted with tobacco fields, which play a part in the production of the country's legendary cigars. The capital, Havana, is lined with pastel houses, 1950s-era cars and Spanish-colonial architecture in the 16th-century core, Old Havana. Salsa music plays in the dance clubs and cabaret shows are performed at the famed Tropicana.
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Plaza Vieja in Havana Vieja & View of Havana. Cuba Travel (2019)
One of the most beautiful squares in Cuba is the Plaza Vieja - the old square. It is located in the historical center of Havana, named La Habana Vieja.
La Plaza vieja. old Havana, Cuba
walking around la plaza vieja on Old Habana.
Havana Cuba, Plaza vieja restored
Plaza vieja in Havana Cuba is being restore to its old glory. Renovation is going on all over the main plazas and tourist will be able to peak at what once was Havana at the height of its prosperous times.
Enjoy the restaurants and coffee shops, only a few blocks from el Malecon and many other iconic buildings like El Capitolio.
Old Havana's Plaza Vieja at Night
Recorded on January 15, 2012 using a Flip Video camera.