Malecón
The Malecón is a broad esplanade, roadway, and seawall that stretches for 8 km along the coast in Havana, Cuba, from the mouth of Havana Harbor in Old Havana, along the north side of the Centro Habana neighborhood and the Vedado neighborhood, ending at the mouth of the Almendares.- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- Description: broad esplanade, roadway and seawall in Havana, Cuba
- Address: Malecón (Avenida de Antonio Maceo), Centro Habana
- Also known as“Gulf Avenue”“Maceo Avenue”“Malecón, Havana”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital and Museum of the Revolution.
Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital
The Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, officially the… Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital is situated 400 metres southwest of Malecón.
Museum of the Revolution
The Museum of the Revolution is located in the… Museum of the Revolution is situated 1¼ km east of Malecón.
Morro Castle
The Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, also known… Morro Castle is situated 1½ km northeast of Malecón.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Havana.
Malecón
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Latitude
23.14189° or 23° 8′ 31″ north
Longitude
-82.36809° or 82° 22′ 5″ west
Open location code
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Malecón” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Habanako Malekoia”
- Basque: “Malecón”
- Breton: “Malecón”
- Catalan: “Malecón”
- Chinese: “海濱大道”
- Chinese: “馬雷貢”
- Chinese: “馬雷貢大道”
- Chinese: “马雷贡大道”
- Dutch: “Malecón”
- Esperanto: “Moleo de Havano”
- French: “Malecón”
- Galician: “Malecón da Habana”
- Georgian: “მალეკონი”
- German: “Malecón von Havanna”
- German: “Malecón”
- Hebrew: “המאלקון”
- Hebrew: “מאלקון”
- Hungarian: “Malecón (Havanna)”
- Hungarian: “Malecón”
- Italian: “El Malecón”
- Italian: “Malecón”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Malecón”
- Persian: “مالکون”
- Polish: “Malecón”
- Portuguese: “Avenida de Maceo”
- Portuguese: “El Malecón”
- Portuguese: “Malecón”
- Russian: “Малекон”
- Spanish: “Avenida Maceo”
- Spanish: “Malecón habanero”
- Ukrainian: “Малекон”
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