List of buildings in Havana

This is a list of the preserved important buildings in Havana, capital of Cuba.

View of the Plaza de San Francisco of Havana in 1841 by James G. Sawkins.

Havana was called by the Spanish as the "Key to the New World", and due to the British invasion attempts the Spanish greatly fortified it.

The colonial coat of arms represented the first three main castles of the city and a key.

The "Old Havana and its Fortification System" is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1982.

Colonial

Name	Image	Built	Architectural style	Architect(s)	Belonged to the religious order
Castle de la Real Fuerza (and the La Giraldilla statue) (today houses a Museum of Navigation)		1558-1577	It is considered to be the oldest stone fort in the Americas	Bartolomé Sánchez		General information Location on the western side of the harbour in Havana, Cuba, set back from the entrance, and bordering the Plaza de Armas Coordinates 23°08′28″N 82°20′59″W
Castle of the Three Magi Kings of Morro		1585-1589	Fortress	Battista Antonelli		General information Location a rocky ledge, known as El Morro. Coordinates 23°09′02″N 82°21′24″W
Castle San Salvador de la Punta (it houses the Castle Museum)		1589-1630	Fortress	Battista Antonelli		General information Location Malecon of Havana. Coordinates 23°08′46″N 82°21′27.79″W
Castle del Príncipe		1767-1771	Fortress	Silvestre Abarca		General information Location Loma de Aróstegui, in Havana. Coordinates 23°07′52″N 82°23′10″W
Fortress of San Carlos de la Cabaña (it also houses Museum of Fortifications and Weapon)		1763-1774	it is the third-largest fortress complex in the Americas			General information Coordinates 23°08′50″N 82°21′00″W
Havana Cathedral		1748-1777	Baroque	Society of Jesus		General information Location Plaza de la Catedral, in the Old Habana. Coordinates 23°08′29″N 82°21′07″W
Basilica of San Francisco de Asís		1548-1738	Baroque		Franciscans	General information Location Calle Oficios, in the Old Habana. Coordinates 23°08′13″N 82°20′54″W
Palace of the General Captains of Cuba (today it houses the Museum of the City)		1776-1792	Cuban Baroque	It was the seat of the Spanish governors (Captains General), later the former City Hall. It is the most notable Colonial Baroque work in Havana		General information Location eastern side of the Plaza de Armas. Coordinates 23°08′24″N 82°21′01″W
Royal Shipyard of Havana		17th century	According to the UNESCO, Havana Royal Shipyard in the 18th century developed the most complete dockyard in the New World.
Palace of the Counts of Santovenia (today houses the Hotel Santa Isabel)		completed in 1784	Neoclassical	Julián F. Martínez de Campos Count of Santovenia		General information Location Calle Baratillo Nro. 9, between the Obispo and Narciso López street, Old Havana.
Palace del Segundo Cabo		1770-1791	Cuban Baroque	Antonio Fernández de Trebejos y Zaldívar		General information Location around the Plaza de Armas.
Arch of Belén		1775	Baroque	master builder Pedro Medina	Bethlehemites	General information Location at the end of the long Compostela façade and on Acosta street, supporting the level that communicated with other religious properties in the neighboring block and forming a short tunnel that characterizes the place.
Convent of Nuestra Señora de Belén		late 16th century-1718	Baroque	bishop Diego Evelino de Compostela	Bethlehemites	General information Location Located on Calle de Compostela, from Calle de Luz to Calle de Acosta, and at the end to Calle de Picota
Church and Hospital of San Francisco de Paula		1664-1745	Baroque			General information Location 110 Calle Leonor Pérez on the corner of Calle San Ignacio. Coordinates 23°07′52″N 82°20′56″W
San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary		1700-1767 (only the front was redesign to face the bay in 1950)	Baroque	Society of Jesus
Church del Espíritu Santo		1635-1863	Baroque		Franciscans	General information Location corner of Calles Cuba and Acosta.
Church Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje		1604-1693	Neoclassical	Bishop Diego Evelino de Compostela	Third Franciscan Order	General information Location Calle Acosta.
Palace of the Counts of Casa Bayona		completed in 1720		built by the Governor of Cuba Don Luis Chacón y Castellón for his son-in-law the 1st Count of Casa Bayona		General information Location San Ignacio #61, Plaza de la Catedral
Palace of the Marquises of Aguas Claras		1760-1773	Baroque	Sebastián Peñalver y Angulo, Antonio Ponce de León y Moroto lawyer of the Reales Audiencias of Mexico and Santo Domingo		General information Location Plaza de la Catedral, 54 San Ignacio, Havana
Palace of the Count of Lombillo		completed in 1741	Baroque	Pedroso family		General information Location It is located right next to the Havana Cathedral
Militia Headquarters of Havana (today is part of the Museo Nacional)		1764	Baroque			General information Location corner formed by the streets of Empedrado and Monserrate, Old Havana
Palace of the Marquis of San Felipe y Santiago de Bejucal (today it is the Hotel San Felipe)		18th century	Baroque			General information Location Plaza de San Francisco, Calle de los Oficios 152 corner with Mercaderes
Palace of the Counts of Jaruco		completed in 1739	Baroque	Don Gabriel Beltrán de Santa Cruz Count of San Juan de Jaruco		General information Location Plaza Vieja of Havana Coordinates 23°08′10″N 82°21′00″W
Torreón de la Chorrera		1646-1770	Fort-Tower			General information Coordinates 23°07′55″N 82°24′32″W
Castle of Atarés		1763-1767	hexagonal hilltop fort			General information Coordinates 23°07′12″N 82°21′40″W
Torreón de Cojímar		1640-1763	tower-fort			General information Coordinates 23°10′02″N 82°17′41″W
Albear Aqueduct		1861-1893		Colonel Francisco de Albear y Lara		General information Location on Castle of the Three Magi Kings of Morro Coordinates 23°09′01″N 82°21′24″W
Morro Castle Lighthouse		1845				General information Location on Castle of the Three Magi Kings of Morro Coordinates 23°09′01″N 82°21′24″W
Palacio de Aldama		1840	Neoclassical	Manuel José Carrera		General information Location one block on Calle Amistad between Calles Reina and Estrella. Coordinates 23°07′56″N 82°21′40″W
Palace of the Marchioness of Villalba		1875	Neoclassical	Eugenio Rayneri y Sorrentino		General information Location at the intersection of Monte and Ejido streets.
Teatro Martí		1884	Neoclassical			General information Location Dragones Street # 58 between Prado and Zulueta C.P 10100, Havana.
Hotel Inglaterra		1875-1886	Neoclassical	Manuel López y González Urbano, Francisco Villamil		General information Location at Paseo del Prado #416 between San Rafael and San Miguel. Coordinates 23°08′15″N 82°21′34″W
Royal Tobacco Factory Partagás		completed in 1845		Spanish Jaime Partagás		General information Location Across the street from the Capitol building in Havana.
Teatro Payret (now it is the Cine-Teatro Payret)		completed in 1877		Catalan Joaquín Payret		General information Location Plaza de Martí, Havana Centro.

Demolished Colonial

Name	Image	Built	Architect(s)
Few remains of the old City Walls of Havana		1671-1740 (demolished between 1863 and early 20th century)	Francisco Rodríguez de Ledesma, others
Convent of San Juan de Letrán		second half of 18th century-1777 (demolished between 1919 and 1950s)	Ignacio José Balboa
Puertas de Montserrrate		The two Puertas de Monserrate were the main entrance to the city walls (demolished between 1863 and early 20th century)
The House of Charity and Maternity of Havana		1687-1792 (demolished between 1959 and 1982, under Fidel Castro regime)	Francisco Vambitelli, Diego Evelino Hurtado de Compostela, Don Luis de Peñalver
Plaza del Vapor		1835 (demolished in 1959 under Fidel Castro regime)	Francisco Martí
Tacón Theatre		1838 (demolished in 1913)	This theater is remembered because the Italian inventor of the world's first telephone Antonio Meucci, was commissioned and rebuilt the Gran Teatro de Tacón, in the years that he lived in Havana.

Colonial in the nearby towns

Town	Name	Image	Built	Architectural style	Architect(s)
Church of Santa María del Rosario	Santa María del Rosario, Cotorro. Its 20 km from Havana.		1760-1766	Neoclassical		General information Coordinates 23°03′41″N 82°15′28″W

Post-colonial

Name	Image	Built	Architectural style	Architect(s)	Location
El Capitolio		1926-1929	Neoclassical	Eugenio Rayneri Piedra	General information Location Havana center, between Prado, Dragones, Industria and San José streets Coordinates 23°08′07″N 82°21′34″W
Museum of the Revolution (former Presidential Palace)		1920	Eclectic	Rodolfo Maruri and the Belgian Paul Belau	General information Location Refugio Street, between Monserrate and Zulueta, Av. Bélgica, La Habana Coordinates 23°08′30″N 82°21′24″W
Great Theater of Havana		1914		Belgian architect Paul Belau	General information Location Centro Habana on Paseo de Martí, also known as Paseo del Prado, southwest corner of San Rafael pedestrian boulevard, on the west side of Parque Central. Coordinates 23°08′13″N 82°21′35″W
Hotel Raquel		completed in 1908	Baroque Revival	Venezuelan Paulino Naranjo Ferrer	General information Location Calle Amargura, No. 103, corner to San Ignacio.
Lonja del Comercio building		1907-1909	Neo-Renaissance, Eclectic	Spanish Tomás Mur, José Toraya	General information Location obliquely to the Plaza de San Francisco de Asís on its north side. Coordinates 23°08′17″N 82°20′54″W
Hotel New York (former Cuban Telephone Company building)		completed in 1927	Neo-Plateresque	Cuban Leonardo Morales Pedroso	General information Location calles Águila y Dragones.
National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana		1913	Colonial Revival	Alfonso Rodríguez Pichardo	General information Location Obispo, La Habana. Coordinates 23°08′25″N 82°21′26″W
Havana Central railway station		1910-1912	Neo-Plateresque	Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison	General information Coordinates 23°07′47″N 82°21′19″W
Hotel Sevilla		1908	Moorish Revival	Arellano and Mendoza	General information Location Calle Trocadero, next to the Paseo del Prado, between the Malecón and Parque Central. Coordinates 23°08′25″N 82°21′30″W
Bank of Nova Scotia Building		1906-1914	Neoclassical		General information Location intersection of Calle O´Reilly and Calle Cuba in old Havana. Coordinates 23°08′22.82″N 82°21′8.28″W
Bacardi Building		1930	Art Deco	Cuban Esteban Rodríguez-Castells and Rafael Fernández Ruenes	General information Location corner of Calles Monserrate and San Juan de Dios on a 1,320 sq meter lot in Las Murallas, Old Havana. Coordinates 23°08′20″N 82°21′26″W
Manzana de Gómez (now it is a Kempinski hotel)		1890-1918		Don Pedro Tomé y Veracruisse	General information Location Street San Rafael (between Monserrate and, Agramonte, Havana. Coordinates 23°08′17″N 82°21′29″W
Floridita		1817-1940s	The origin of Daiquiri was highly linked with the Floridita bar.		General information Location Obispo and Monserrate streets. Coordinates 23°08′14″N 82°21′26″W
Tropicana Club		1939	A cabaret		General information Coordinates 23°05′39″N 82°25′08″W
Parish of the Sagrado del Corazón de Jesús y San Ignacio de Loyola		1914-1923	Neo-Gothic	Spanish Jesuits, Eugenio Dediot	General information Location Calle Simón Bolívar (Reina), Centro Habana
Hotel Ambos Mundos		early 20th century	Eclectic	Spanish merchant Antolín Blanco Arias	General information Location corner of Calle Obispo and Mercaderes in Old Havana Coordinates 23°08′22″N 82°21′02″W
Los Balcones de Oficios (now it is another hotel)		completed in 1920	Baroque Revival		General information Location Calle de los Oficios between Lamparilla and Obrapía, Old Havana
Terminal Sierra Maestra		completed in 1914	Spanish Revival	Barclays Parsons and Klapp for Port of Havana Docks	General information Location Avenida del Puerto, Havana Pier
Hostal Chez Nous La Habana (now it is a hotel)		completed in 1904	Colonial Revival		General information Location Calle Teniente Rey (Brasil) #115 between Cuba and San Ignacio, Havana
Palacio de las Ursulinas		completed in 1913	Neo Mudéjar	José Toraya	General information Location Calle Egido, between Sol and Muralla. Old Havana
Palacio de los Matrimonios (formerly the Spanish Casino)		completed in 1914	Neo-Renaissance		General information Location Paseo del Prado, at its intersection with Ánimas street

See also

• Old Havana