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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: broad esplanade, roadway and seawall in Havana, Cuba
- Also known as: “Gulf Avenue”, “Maceo Avenue”, “Malecon”, and “Malecón, Havana”
- Address: Malecón (Avenida de Antonio Maceo), Centro Habana
Photo: C.apperti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital and Museum of the Revolution.
Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Darito, Public domain.
The Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, officially the Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico "Hermanos Ameijeiras", is located in Barrio San Lazaro and is the premier hospital in Cuba, its tower prominently visible from the Malecón between the historic center and the uptown Vedado neighborhood. Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital is situated 400 metres southwest of Malecón.
Museum of the Revolution
Museum
Photo: Paul Mannix, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Museum of the Revolution is located in the Old Havana section of Havana, Cuba, in what was the presidential palace of all Cuban presidents from Mario García Menocal to Fulgencio Batista. Museum of the Revolution is situated 1¼ km east of Malecón.
Morro Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, also known as Castillo del Morro, is a fortress guarding the entrance to the Havana harbor. The design is by the Italian engineer Battista Antonelli. Morro Castle is situated 1½ km northeast of Malecón.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Havana.
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.
Vedado
Suburb
Photo: Sandino235, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Vedado is a central business district and urban neighborhood in the city of Havana, Cuba. Bordered on the east by Calzada de Infanta and Central Havana, and on the west by the Alemendares River and Miramar / Playa district, Vedado is a more modern part of the city than the areas to the east, developed in the first half of the 20th century, during the Republic period. Vedado is situated 2½ km west of Malecón.
Malecón
- Categories: boulevard and tourism
- Location: La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
23.14189° or 23° 8′ 31″ northLongitude
-82.36809° or 82° 22′ 5″ westElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
76MV4JRJ+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 6172667685OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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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: “Malecon”
- Dutch: “Malecón”
- Esperanto: “Moleo de Havano”
- French: “Malecón”
- Galician: “Malecón da Habana”
- Georgian: “მალეკონი”
- German: “Malecón von Havanna”
- German: “Malecon”
- German: “Malecón”
- Hebrew: “המאלקון”
- Hebrew: “מאלקון”
- Hungarian: “Malecón (Havanna)”
- Hungarian: “Malecón”
- Italian: “El Malecón”
- Italian: “Malecon”
- 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: “Malecon habanero”
- Spanish: “Malecón habanero”
- Ukrainian: “Малекон”
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