Casa de Roly

Casa de Roly is an apartment in Marianao, La Habana Province which is located on A. Casa de Roly is situated nearby to the marketplace Mercadito agropecuario, as well as near the church Iglesia Bautista.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Villa Marista and Church of St. John Bosco.

Villa Marista

Building

Villa Marista is a prison in Havana, Cuba, notorious for its detention of political prisoners by the Cuban national security agency. Its prisoners have included dissident Vladimiro Roca and politician Jesús Escandell. Villa Marista is situated 780 metres northeast of Casa de Roly.

Church of St. John Bosco

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Church of St. John Bosco is situated 2 km north of Casa de Roly.

Cine Alameda

Movie theater

Photo: Antonio Schubert, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cine Alameda is a movie theater, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Casa de Roly.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Vedado.

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. Chinatown is situated 6 km north of Casa de Roly.

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 6 km north of Casa de Roly.