Castillo de Atarés
The Castillo de Santo Domingo de Atarés is a small hexagonal hilltop fort in Havana built in 1767. Work commenced in 1763, around the same time as initial work on Castillo del Príncipe.- Type: Fort
- Description: castle in Havana, Cuba
- Also known as: “Atares”, “Atarés Castle”, “castillo de Atarés”, “Castillo de San Domingo de Atares”, and “Castillo de San Domingo de Atarés”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Latin American Stadium and Central Railway Station.
Latin American Stadium
Stadium
The Estadio Latinoamericano is a stadium in Havana, Cuba. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the second largest baseball stadium in the world by capacity. Latin American Stadium is situated 1½ km west of Castillo de Atarés.
Central Railway Station
Railway station
Fraternity park
Park
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Havana.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Havana
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.Regla
Town
Regla is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs in the city of Havana, Cuba. It comprises the town of Regla, located at the bottom of Havana Bay in a former aborigine settlement named Guaicanamar, Loma Modelo in a peninsula dividing Marimelena from Guasabacoa inlets, and the village of Casablanca located at the entry of the Havana Bay. Regla is situated 3 km east of Castillo de Atarés.
Castillo de Atarés
- Categories: castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cerro, La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.12026° or 23° 7′ 13″ north
Longitude
-82.36131° or 82° 21′ 41″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
76MV4JCQ+4F
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Castillo de Atarés” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Atarés gaztelua”
- Dutch: “Castillo de Atares”
- Dutch: “Castillo de Atarés”
- French: “Castillo de Atares”
- French: “Castillo de Atarés”
- French: “Castillo de San Domingo de Atares”
- French: “Castillo de San Domingo de Atarés”
- German: “Castillo de Atarés”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Atarés”
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