A diminutive museum dedicated to Latin America鈥檚 great liberator, who remains a perennial hero to most Cubans. Downstairs there are panels containing text in English, French and Spanish that describe Bol铆var鈥檚 life and his many accomplishments. Upstairs there鈥檚 a reproduction of his sword, a coin minted in his honor and paintings of him by contemporary artists. There's a bronze statue of Sim贸n Bol铆var in a small park across the road.
糖心传媒's must-see attractions
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Havana's main cemetery (a national monument), one of the largest in the Americas, is renowned for its striking religious iconography and elaborate marble鈥
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This emblematic museum is set in the former Presidential Palace, constructed between 1913 and 1920 and used by a string of Cuban presidents, culminating鈥
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Cobbled, car-free Calle Mercaderes (Merchant's Street) has been extensively restored by the Office of the City Historian and is an almost complete replica鈥
Iglesia de Nuestra Se帽ora de Regla
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As important as it is diminutive, Iglesia de Nuestra Se帽ora de Regla, which sits close to the dock in Regla, has a long and colorful history. Inside on鈥
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The 惭补濒别肠贸苍, Havana's evocative 7km-long sea drive, is one of the city's most soulful and quintessentially Cuban thoroughfares, and long a favored meeting鈥
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Caba帽a
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This 18th-century colossus was built between 1763 and 1774 on a long, exposed ridge on the east side of Havana harbor to fill a weakness in the city's鈥
Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso
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The neobaroque Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso, erected as a Galician social club between 1907 and 1914, features highly ornate and even exuberant鈥
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The incomparable Capitolio Nacional is Havana's most ambitious and grandiose building, constructed after the post-WWI boom ('Dance of the Millions')鈥
Nearby Habana Vieja attractions
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This museum contains antediluvian fire equipment dedicated to 19 Havana firefighters who lost their lives in an 1890 railway blaze.
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An old gun shop (now museum) stormed by revolutionaries on the said date in 1958. Mercifully, the armaments are no longer for sale.
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The corner of Mercaderes and Obrap铆a has an international flavor, with a bronze statue of Sim贸n Bol铆var, the Latin America liberator, in a small park.
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One of the more muscular sights around Calle Mercaderes is this typical Havana aristocratic residence, constructed around 1648 and rebuilt in 1780鈥
5. Casa de M茅xico Benito Ju谩rez
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The Casa de M茅xico Benito Ju谩rez exhibits Mexican folk art and plenty of books but not a lot on Ju谩rez (Mexico鈥檚 first indigenous president) himself.
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Casa Oswaldo Guayasam铆n is an old studio and now a museum for the work of the great Ecuadorian artist, who painted Fidel Castro in numerous poses. The鈥
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The Casa de 脕frica houses sacred objects relating to Santer铆a, including Abaku谩 masks, collected by ethnographer Fernando Ort铆z.
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Casa de Asia exhibits a minor cache of paintings and sculpture from China and Japan.