Fábrica de Tabacos de Calixto López LH 
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Built in 1886, the Calixto López y Compañía tobacco factory and warehouse takes up the whole block between Zulueta, Economía, Gloria and Misión streets. It has the typical ground floor, mezzanine and …
Neo-classicalZulueta e/ Gloria y Misión, Habana Vieja 
Casa Cubana del Perfume LH 2
This quaint and lovely shop sells perfumes from the Cuban Suchel brand, and prepares personalized fragrances on site according to patrons’ tastes. It also doubles as a small museum, with a 19th-centur …
Hotel Presidente LH 2
This is Havana’s first skyscraper and was inaugurated on December 28, 1928. It took its name from the street it is situated in and is the only hotel that features Cuba’s coat of arms on its façade. It …
ModernROOMS: 158Calzada #110 esquina a G (Avenida de los Presidentes) 
Clock Tower LH 2
Between 1921 and 1924, a clock tower was built on Fifth Avenue. It was designed by New Yorker John H. Duncan, one of the architects that contributed to the layout of the avenue and who also designed t …
Memorial a los Estudiantes de Medicina LH 2
Inaugurated in 1890, this memorial is a shrine to eight medical students who were executed by firing squad on November 27, 1871, after being falsely accused of desecrating the tomb of Spanish journali …
Cárcel de la Habana LH 2
Up until 1834 there were no prisons in Havana. Back then, prisoners were crammed together in a small area on the Palacio de Gobierno’s basement. With this in mind, Lieutenant General Miguel Tacón, Gov …
Casa del Científico (Casa de José Miguel Gómez) LH 2
The compact yet extravagant Beaux Arts building on the northwest corner of Prado and Trocadero was once the residence of Cuba’s second president, José Miguel Gómez, known as ‘El Tiburón’ (The Shark). …
EclecticAdmission: FreePrado #212 esq. a Trocadero, Habana Vieja 
Edificio Rodríguez Vázquez LH 2
This 1941 building repeats the structure of lines that emphasize verticality and includes a small two story-tower. Initially known as the Rodríguez Vázquez Building, it included two cinemas, a café-re …
Art DecoGaliano entre Neptuno y Concordia 
Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza de La Habana LH 2
The Institute of Secondary Education of Havana was founded in 1863 and originally located on Calle Obispo. It was later moved to this site in 1924 as part of the construction program for the area in t …
EclecticAdmission: n-aZulueta e/ San José y Teniente Rey, Habana Vieja 
Fuente de las Américas LH 2
The Fuente de Las Américas, built as a tribute to the discoverer of the Americas, was inaugurated in 1924 as part of the construction of Avenida de las Américas, now known as 5ta Avenida. Made in whit …
