Castillo de la Real Fuerza
The Castillo de la Real Fuerza is a bastion fort on the western side of the harbour in Havana, Cuba, set back from the entrance, and bordering the Plaza de Armas.Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: 16th century fortification in Havana, Cuba
- Also known as: “Castillo de la Fuerza” and “Castle of the Royal Force of Havana”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Havana Cathedral and Plaza de Armas.
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 220 metres west of Castillo de la Real Fuerza.
Plaza de Armas
Park
Photo: Eric Marshall, CC BY 3.0.
Plaza de Armas is the oldest town square in Habana Vieja.
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 Real 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.
The Havana Chinatown is located in the municipality of Centro Habana and is one of the oldest and largest Chinatowns in Latin America. It was once considered the second most important in the world, after that of San Francisco in the United States.
Castillo de la Real Fuerza
- Categories: fort, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Centro Habana, La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Castillo de la Real Fuerza” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة القوات الملكية”
- Basque: “La Fuerza gaztelua”
- Belarusian: “Ла-Фуэрса”
- Belarusian: “Ля-Фуэрса”
- Catalan: “Castell de la Real Fuerza”
- Cebuano: “Castillo de la Real Fuerza”
- Chinese: “皇家軍事城堡”
- Dutch: “Castillo de la Real Fuerza”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة القوات الملكيه”
- French: “Castillo de la Real Fuerza”
- French: “Château de la Force Royale”
- German: “Castillo de la Real Fuerza”
- Hebrew: “קאסטיו דה לה ריאל פוארסה”
- Italian: “Castillo de la Real Fuerza”
- Polish: “Castillo de la Real Fuerza”
- Russian: “Castillo de la Real Fuerza”
- Russian: “Замок Королевской силы”
- Russian: “Ла-Реаль-Фуэрса”
- Russian: “Ла-Фуэрса”
- Russian: “Реаль-Фуэрса”
- Spanish: “Castillo de la real fuerza de la habana”
- Spanish: “Castillo de la Real Fuerza de La Habana”
- Swedish: “Castillo de la Real Fuerza”
- Ukrainian: “Користувач:Mishae/Реаль-Фуерса”
- Ukrainian: “Реаль-Фуерса”
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