La Cabaña
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, colloquially known as La Cabaña, is an 18th-century fortress complex, the third-largest in the Americas, located on the elevated eastern side of the harbor entrance in Havana, Cuba.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fort
- Description: Spanish colonial fort in Havana, Cuba
- Also known as: “Fortaleza de La Cabana”, “Fortaleza de la Cabaña”, “Fortaleza de La Cabaña”, and “San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress”
- Historically known as: “Fort Cabana”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Havana Cathedral and Museum of the Revolution.
Havana Cathedral
Church
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Havana Cathedral is one of eleven Catholic cathedrals on the island. It is located in the Plaza de la Catedral on Calle Empedrado, between San Ignacio y Mercaderes, Old Havana, Havana, Cuba. Havana Cathedral is situated 630 metres south of La Cabaña.
Museum of the Revolution
Museum
Photo: Paul Mannix, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Museum of the Revolution is located in the Old Havana section of Havana, Cuba, in what was the presidential palace of all Cuban presidents from Mario García Menocal to Fulgencio Batista. Museum of the Revolution is situated 1 km southwest of La Cabaña.
Morro Castle
Castle
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The Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, also known as Castillo del Morro, is a fortress guarding the entrance to the Havana harbor. The design is by the Italian engineer Battista Antonelli. Morro Castle is situated 1 km northwest of La Cabaña.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Casablanca and Havana.
Casablanca
Suburb
Casablanca is a ward of the city of Havana, the capital of Cuba, belonging to the municipal borough of Regla. It is situated to the east of the entrance to Havana Harbor.
Havana
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Havana is the capital city of Cuba, and one of the fifteen provinces of the Republic of Cuba. Visitors come to Havana for its music, history, culture, architecture and monuments.
La Cabaña
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Centro Habana, La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“La Cabaña” goes by many names.
- Basque: “San Carlos de La Cabaña gotorlekua”
- Bulgarian: “Ла Кабаня”
- Catalan: “Castell de San Carlos de la Cabaña”
- Chinese: “圣查尔斯堡”
- Chinese: “聖卡洛斯·德·拉·卡瓦尼亞要塞”
- Dutch: “Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana”
- Dutch: “Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña”
- Dutch: “La Cabaña”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المقصوره”
- Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Sankta Karlo de la Kabano”
- Esperanto: “La Cabaña”
- Finnish: “La Cabaña”
- French: “Forteresse de la Cabana”
- French: “forteresse de la Cabaña”
- French: “Forteresse de la Cabaña”
- Georgian: “ლა-კაბანია”
- German: “Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña”
- German: “La Cabaña”
- Hebrew: “לה קבניה”
- Indonesian: “La Cabaña”
- Italian: “Fortaleza de San Carlos de La Cabaña”
- Italian: “La Cabaña”
- Japanese: “サン・カルロス・デ・ラ・カバナ要塞跡”
- Persian: “لا کابانیا”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña”
- Portuguese: “La Cabaña”
- Russian: “Ла-Кабанья”
- Russian: “Сан-Карлос-де-ла-Кабанья”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de San Carlos de La Cabaña”
- Spanish: “La Cabaña”
- Turkish: “La Cabaña”
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