El Polvorin

El Polvorin is a bar in Centro Habana, La Habana Province. El Polvorin is situated near Morro Castle, as well as near Castillo del Morro Lighthouse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Morro Castle and Castillo del Morro Lighthouse.

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.

Castillo del Morro Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Lucha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Faro Castillo del Morro is a lighthouse located in Havana, Cuba. It was built in 1845 on the ramparts of the Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro, an old fortress guarding the harbor of Havana.

San Salvador de la Punta Fortress

Castle

Photo: Callelinea, Public domain.

Castillo San Salvador de la Punta is a fortress at the entrance to the bay in Havana, Cuba. San Salvador de la Punta Fortress is situated 440 metres south of El Polvorin.

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 in the municipality of Centro Habana and is one of the oldest and largest Chinatowns in Latin America. It is considered the second most important in the world, after that of San Francisco in the United States.

El Polvorin

Type: Bar
Location: Centro Habana, La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

23.14996° or 23° 8′ 60″ north

Longitude

-82.35634° or 82° 21′ 23″ west

Open location code

76MV4JXV+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2295344263

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=bar

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Plazoleta Castillo de Los Tres Reyes and Ensenada de los Franceses.

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