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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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
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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
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Havana Central is the main railway terminal in Havana and the largest railway station in Cuba. It serves as the hub of the rail system in the country. It handles the arrival and departure of national and divisional commuter trains, and is home to the national railway company, Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Cuba, the only intercity passenger rail transport operating in the Caribbean. Central Railway Station is situated 1¼ km northeast of Castillo de Atarés.
Fraternity park
Park
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The Parque de la Fraternidad was built in the 1790s as a military practice range by the Spanish government, It was expanded in 1793 by Belgian engineer Agustin Cramer, and later Bishop Espada improved the lighting of the Campo. Fraternity park is situated 1½ km north of Castillo de Atarés.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Havana.
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.
Regla
Town
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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
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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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