Aguacate st # 482 e/ Muralla st & Teniente Rey st Old Havana Cuba

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FARMACIA TAQUECHEL

This townhouse was adapted in 1898 into a pharmacy by Francisco Taquechel. Restored and reopened in 1996, it functions as pharmacy and museum. Its collection includes 19th-century French porcelain apothecary’s jars and instruments...
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CUBA CAR MUSEUM

Built for a warehouse in, 1891 in, neoclassical style. The Office of the Historian decided to exhibit a collection, of old cars here. The most attractive pieces are the classics in the history...
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THE TRAIN MAMBI

Outside the Museo Palacio de Gobierno sits a railway carriage, still on rails at the corner of Callejón Churruca. It originally belonged to the Cuban Railroad Company and beginning in 1902 was used...
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THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF BELLAS ARTES

It was founded on February 23, 1913 due to the efforts of its first director, Emilio Heredia, a well-known architect. After frequent moves it was finally placed on the block once occupied by...
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SOUVENIR MARKET IN OLD HAVANA

For those regular Havana visitors, or for those looking to visit for the first time, the old Craft and Souvenir Market has closed and a new location has opened as of November 3/09....
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Square San Francisco de Asis

The basilica and the monastery of San Francisco de Asis (Saint Francis of Assisi) were built in Havana, Cuba at the end of sixteenth century (1580–91) as the home of the Franciscan community,...
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