Cristóbal Colón
Cristóbal Colón is a historic site in Centro Habana, La Habana Province. Cristóbal Colón is situated nearby to the museum Archivo de la Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad, as well as near the government office Oficina del Historiador y Dirección del Patrimonio Cultural.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plaza de Armas and Havana Cathedral.
Plaza de Armas
Park
Photo: Eric Marshall, CC BY 3.0.
Plaza de Armas is the oldest town square in Habana Vieja.
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 220 metres northwest of Cristóbal Colón.
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 180 metres northwest of Cristóbal Colón.
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.
Cristóbal Colón
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Centro Habana, La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
23.13999° or 23° 8′ 24″ northLongitude
-82.35025° or 82° 21′ 1″ westOpen location code
76MV4JQX+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 4253743153OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Cristóbal Colón” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “哥倫布雕像”
- Japanese: “旧総督官邸 市立博物館”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oficina del Historiador y Dirección del Patrimonio Cultural and Archivo de la Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad.
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