Villa Marista
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.- Type: Building
- Description: prison in Havana, Cuba
- Also known as: “Villa Marista Departamento de Seguridad del Estado”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St. John Bosco and Latin American Stadium.
Church of St. John Bosco
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Church of St. John Bosco is situated 1½ km north of Villa Marista.
Latin American Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The Estadio Latinoamericano is a stadium in Havana, Cuba. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the second largest baseball stadium in the world by capacity. Latin American Stadium is situated 4 km north of Villa Marista.
Cine Alameda
Movie theater
Photo: Antonio Schubert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cine Alameda is a movie theater, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Villa Marista.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vedado and Chinatown.
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 Villa Marista.
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 Villa Marista.
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.
Villa Marista
- Category: prison
- Location: Marianao, La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
23.08413° or 23° 5′ 3″ northLongitude
-82.37734° or 82° 22′ 38″ westOpen location code
76MV3JMF+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 317429685OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7930426
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Spanish—“Villa Marista” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Villa Marista”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فيلا ماريستا”
- French: “Villa Marista”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Villa Marista”
- Norwegian: “Villa Marista”
- Spanish: “Villa Marista”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Departamento de Seguridad del Estado (Villa Marista G-2) and Land baseball Villa Marista.
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