El Templete
El Templete is a monument to the initial mass of San Cristóbal de la Habana celebrated on November 16, 1519. Jean Baptiste Vermay painted the interior of the monument.Photo: Lucha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: Small commemorative chapel in Havana, Cuba
- Also known as: “Columbus Memorial Chapel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plaza de Armas and Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cubana.
Plaza de Armas
Park
Photo: Eric Marshall, CC BY 3.0.
Plaza de Armas is the oldest town square in Habana Vieja.
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cubana
Museum
Photo: Deavila, Public domain.
The Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cubana or Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba in Havana, Cuba is the national museum of Natural History, with exhibits of Cuba's plants and animals. It is located in a former U.S. embassy building. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cubana is situated 110 metres south of El Templete.
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 310 metres west of El Templete.
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.
El Templete
- Categories: temple, building, and historic site
- Location: Centro Habana, La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
23.14057° or 23° 8′ 26″ northLongitude
-82.34894° or 82° 20′ 56″ westOpen location code
76MV4MR2+6COpenStreetMap ID
way 31868962OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q8773463
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Tatar—“El Templete” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “El Templete”
- Basque: “El Templete (Habana)”
- Basque: “El Templete”
- Chinese: “小殿堂”
- Esperanto: “La Kirketo (Havano)”
- Esperanto: “La Kirketo”
- French: “El Templete”
- German: “El Templete”
- Italian: “El Templete (L’Avana)”
- Italian: “El Templete”
- Korean: “엘 템플레테”
- Spanish: “El Templete (La Habana)”
- Spanish: “El Templete”
- Spanish: “Templete de la Fundación de La Habana”
- Tatar: “El Templete католик капелласы”
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