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Highlights of Cuba's colonial architecture
Undeniably the best preserved Spanish colonial city Havana has a huge amount of colonial architecture to choose from. We provide details and background to the most interesting sites split between fortresses, churches and convents and public buildings.
Highlights of Cuba's Art Deco period (1920's-1950's)
Cuba and most especially Havana, really is a treasure trove of Art Deco from the magnificent Bacardi building and residence of Catalina Lasa and Juan Pedro Baró to the lesser known syringe-like obelisk in Marianao there is a wealth of buildings which fully reflect this style. We provide reviews and locations of the best in Cuban art deco.
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We will soon provide details of the best examples of the following architectural styles in Cuba:
. Eclectic (1890's-1950's)
. Art Nouveau (1910's-1920's)
. Moderno Movimiento (1950's)
. Post Revolution (1958+)
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Havana - An intensely inhabited city -
Havana - An intensely inhabited city -
by Charlie Barclay
Visitors to the Cuban capital frequently remark on how busy the city seems to be, how the life of the city is inescapable and either delightful or irritating, depending on their disposition and expectations as a tourist in a socialist Caribbean island.
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Havana's Renaissance
by Juliet Barclay
The restoration of Old Havana is internationally acclaimed as one of the world's most innovative and exciting projects of urban renaissance. It is all more the remarkable for the context in which it is taking place: Cuba's ongoing struggle to establish itself as a political and economic force to be reckoned with read more
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Highlights of Cuba's Art Deco period (1920's-1950's)
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HAVANA BLUE
BENEATH the countless decades of multi-coloured limewash in Old Havana's eighteenth century mansions, archaeologists often discover elaborate and beautiful mural paintings in which an exquisite powdery blue predominates. This has come to be known as 'Havana Blue' and the colour is still used all over the city, gently echoing the triumphant azure of the Cuban sky.
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HAVANA’s SEAFRONT LOUNGE - Havana’s Malecón reveals much of the city’s character
HAVANA’s SEAFRONT LOUNGE
Outgoing, noisy, eclectic, and nearly seven kilometres long, Havana’s Malecón reveals much of the city’s character

Construction of the first stretch of the Malecón began on 6 May 1901, with beautiful lampposts placed along the sea wall. However, the battering of huge waves during the following Cuban winter caused the original design to be replaced by another, this time with no attachments to the wall. The works were finally completed in 1959.
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