Castillo de la Fuerza

Castillo de la Fuerza is a fort in Centro Habana, La Habana Province. Castillo de la Fuerza is situated nearby to the park Plaza de Armas, as well as near Cathedral Square.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plaza de Armas and Havana Cathedral.

Plaza de Armas

Park

Photo: Eric Marshall, CC BY 3.0.

Plaza de Armas is the oldest town square in Habana Vieja.

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 230 metres west of Castillo de la Fuerza.

Cathedral Square

Photo: Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Plaza de la Catedral is one of the four main squares in Old Havana and the site of the Cathedral of Havana from which it takes its name. Originally a swamp, it was later drained and used as a naval dockyard. Cathedral Square is situated 200 metres west of Castillo de la Fuerza.

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

Photo: Rastapopulous, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

Photo: Lezumbalaberenjena, Public domain.

Chinatown is a neighborhood.

Castillo de la Fuerza

Type: Fort
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Centro Habana, La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

23.14059° or 23° 8′ 26″ north

Longitude

-82.34979° or 82° 20′ 59″ west

Elevation

10 metres (33 feet)

Open location code

76MV4MR2+63

GeoNames ID

3739516

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Spanish: “Castillo de la Fuerza”

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