![]() ![]() Castillo de la Real Fuerza: first large fortification of the city.San Salvador de la Punta Fortress: on the shore opposite the Castle of El Morro. ![]() La Cabaña: fortress located on the east side of Havana Bay.Castillo del Morro: fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay.Paseo del Prado: street that forms the western edge of Old Havana.Malecón: avenue that runs along the seawall at the northern shore of Havana.The area extends to the Paseo de Martí, Parque Central, and the Capitolio. Today, Old Havana is considered to include the streets immediately west of the old wall, which ran along today's Avenida de los Misiones (Monserrate) and Avenida de Bélgica (Egido). The colonial city, once enclosed by a wall, measures 25 blocks north-south by 13 blocks east-west. Old Havana contains over 900 buildings of historical importance, with a myriad of 17th-century baroque and 19th-century neoclassical architectural examples. With architecture that spans five centuries, Old Havana enchants visitors with one of the finest ensembles of urban edifices in the Americas. The positions of the original Havana city walls are the modern boundaries of Old Havana. It has the second highest population density in the city and contains the core of the original city of Havana. Habana Vieja (Old Havana) is the city-center and one of the 15 boroughs forming Havana, Cuba. ![]()
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