Monument to José de la Luz y Caballero
Monument to José de la Luz y Caballero is a work of art in Centro Habana, La Habana Province. Monument to José de la Luz y Caballero is situated nearby to Renta de Ponies, as well as near the archaeological site Muralla de mar. Cortina de Valdés.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: Monument to the Cuban educator located in Havana, Cuba
- Also known as: “José de la Luz y Caballero”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Havana Cathedral and Cathedral Square.
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 120 metres southwest of Monument to José de la Luz y Caballero.
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 160 metres south of Monument to José de la Luz y Caballero.
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 560 metres west of Monument to José de la Luz y Caballero.
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.
Monument to José de la Luz y Caballero
- Categories: monument, sculpture, and tourism
- Location: Centro Habana, La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
23.14231° or 23° 8′ 32″ northLongitude
-82.35125° or 82° 21′ 5″ westInception
December 24th, 1913Open location code
76MV4JRX+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 10905931122OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q111462209
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Monument to José de la Luz y Caballero” goes by many names.
- German: “Denkmal für José de la Luz y Caballero”
- Spanish: “Monumento a José de la Luz y Caballero”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Luz Caballero”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parque José de la Luz y Caballero and Renta de Ponies.
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