The Museo Antropol贸gico Montan茅, on the Universidad de la Habana campus, was established in 1903 with a rich collection of pre-Columbian artifacts, including the wooden 10th-century 脥dolo de Tabaco, the oldest indigenous relic in Cuba.
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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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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
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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
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Habana Vieja's most uniform square is a museum to Cuban baroque, with all the surrounding buildings, including the city's beguiling asymmetrical cathedral鈥
Castillo de los Tres Santos Reyes Magnos del Morro
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This wave-lashed fort with its emblematic lighthouse was erected between 1589 and 1630 to protect the entrance to Havana harbor from pirates and foreign鈥
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Where does art go after Antoni Gaud铆? For a hint, head west from central Havana to the seemingly low-key district of Jaimanitas, where artist Jos茅 Fuster鈥
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Laid out in 1559, Plaza Vieja is Havana's most architecturally eclectic square, where Cuban baroque nestles seamlessly next to Gaud铆-inspired art nouveau鈥
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
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Spread over two campuses, the Bellas Artes is arguably the finest art gallery in the Caribbean. The Arte Cubano building contains the most comprehensive鈥
Nearby attractions
1. Museo de Historia Natural Felipe Poey
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Inside the Universidad de la Habana, this is the oldest museum in Cuba. It was founded in 1842 by the Royal Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural鈥
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Without a doubt one of the best museums in Havana and thus in Cuba, this magnificently laid-out collection of 7000 objects associated with the life of鈥
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Founded by Dominican monks in 1728 and secularized in 1842, Havana's university began life in Habana Vieja before moving to its present site in 1902. The鈥
4. Monumento a Julio Antonio Mella
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At the bottom of the Universidad de la Habana steps is a monument to the student leader who founded the first Cuban Communist Party in 1925. In 1929 Cuban鈥
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Opposite the Monumento a Julio Antonio Mella outside the Universidad de la Habana are black-and-white Mella portraits permanently mounted on the wall in鈥
6. Convento & Iglesia del Carmen
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This little-visited church鈥檚 bell tower dominates the Centro Habana skyline and is topped by a huge statue of Nuestra Se帽ora del Carmen, but the real鈥
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This classic modernist hotel 鈥 the former Havana Hilton 鈥 was commandeered by Fidel Castro's revolutionaries in 1959 just nine months after it had opened,鈥
8. Monumento a Jos茅 Miguel G贸mez
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At the top of Av de los Presidentes is a huge marble monument to Jos茅 Miguel G贸mez, Cuba's second president.