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Teatro Nacional de Cuba

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General sightseeing
CA Ranking: 4
Paseo y 39

    • Opened in 1960, and reopened in 1979 after being fully restored, this is one of Havana’s most important cultural venues. It promotes dance, drama, theater for both adults and children, music and visual arts. The Teatro Nacional, with two large concert halls, Avellaneda, with seating for 2,500 people, and Covarrubias, for 800, as well as the renowned Café Cantante, for 240 people, is one of the largest theaters in the city. The building is surrounded by gardens with ponds, winding paths and sculptures by Cuban artists.

    
  • Factoría Habana

    Factoría Habana  LH 4

    Factoría Habana is an experimental center for present-day artistic creation. The institution, which is ascribed to the City Historian’s Office, seeks to become a bridge between Latin American and Euro …

    Admission: FreeOpen: 9:30am-4:30pm Mon-SatO´Reilly #308 e/ Habana y Aguiar, Habana Vieja
    Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate

    Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate  LH 4

    This is one of the 67 facilities especially built for the Havana 1991 Pan-American Games. It was named after Eligio Sardiñas, also known as Kid Chocolate, Cuba’s finest amateur boxer ever. The sports …

    Admission: CUC 1Prado, e/ San José y Teniente Rey , Habana Vieja
    Convento e Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús e Ignacio de Loyola

    Convento e Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús e Ignacio de Loyola  LH 4

    Known by many as Iglesia de Reina, Cuba’s tallest and perhaps most beautiful church rises in the midst of the urban landscape as one of the most accomplished religious constructions in Cuba in terms o …

    EclecticOpen: 8am-noon, 3-6pm daily; Mass: 8am, 4.30pm Mon-Sat; 8am, 9.30am, 4.30pm SunReina (Avenida Simón Bolivar) entre Belascoaín (Padre Valera) y Gervasio
    La Conversación Statue

    La Conversación Statue  LH 4

    The beautiful contemporary bronze sculpture titled ‘La Conversación’ looks out over Plaza San Francisco de Asís from atop a marble plinth in front of the entrance to the Lonja del Comercio. Made by Fr …

    Admission: n-aPlaza de San Franciso, Habana Vieja
    Club Habana

    Club Habana  LH 4

    Originally called Havana Biltmore Yacht & Country Club, the establishment gained notoriety when it denied entry to Cuban president Fulgencio Batista on the grounds that he was ‘black’ (in fact, Ba …

    Admission: n-aOpen: 7:30am-9pm daily5ta entre 188 y 192
    El Caballero de París

    El Caballero de París  LH 4

    Dozens of passers-by on Oficios are drawn every day to the life-size bronze statue of this humbly dressed man that stands outside the entrance to the basilica. Approach it and you will see that his lo …

    Basílica Menor y Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Habana Vieja
    Galería Victor Manuel

    Galería Victor Manuel  LH 4

    This gallery offers a nice selection of mainstream decorative modern paintings, some of which could be considered true works of art. Given its location and popularity, high pric es are to be expected. …

    Admission: FreeOpen: 9am-9pm dailySan Ignacio #56, esq. a Callejón del Chorro, Habana Vieja
    Casa del Conde de Casa Lombillo

    Casa del Conde de Casa Lombillo  LH 4

    A beautiful façade with a huge arched portal, a loggia supported by thick columns on pedestals, and beautiful mediopunto stained-glass windows above define this two-story 18th-century building on Plaz …

    ColonialAdmission: n-aSan Ignacio # 364, Habana Vieja
    Iglesia del Espíritu Santo

    Iglesia del Espíritu Santo  LH 4

    Although considered by many the oldest church in Havana, a research by historian Pedro A. Herrera has proved otherwise. The original building, which was built as a hermitage in 1638 for freed slaves a …

    Admission: FreeOpen: 8am-noon & 5-8pmCuba esq. a Acosta, Habana Vieja
    Teatro Auditorium Amadeo Roldán

    Teatro Auditorium Amadeo Roldán  LH 4

    Opened on December 2, 1928, the Teatro Auditorium was created under the auspices of the Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical and thanks to the efforts of its director, María Teresa García Montes de Giberga (1880 …

    Open: National Symphony Orchestra: 9pm Fri; 5pm Sat; 4pm Sun. Other programs: 6pm-8pm weeknights (check in advance)Calzada y D
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