Plaza de Belén

Plaza de Belén is a square in Centro Habana, La Habana Province. Plaza de Belén is situated near the community center Comunidad de San Egidio, as well as near the government office Notaría de Acosta (Habana Vieja).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Central Railway Station and Havana Old Square.

Central Railway Station

Railway station

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Havana Central is the main railway terminal in Havana and the largest railway station in Cuba. It serves as the hub of the rail system in the country. It handles the arrival and departure of national and divisional commuter trains, and is home to the national railway company, Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Cuba, the only intercity passenger rail transport operating in the Caribbean. Central Railway Station is situated 380 metres southwest of Plaza de Belén.

Havana Old Square

Square

Photo: Pimpinellus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Plaza Vieja is a plaza located in Old Havana, Cuba. The plaza and its surroundings are also one of the seven consejos populares of the municipality of Old Havana. It has a residential population of 17,426. Havana Old Square is situated 440 metres northeast of Plaza de Belén.

Church del Espíritu Santo, Havana

Church

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The Iglesia del Espíritu Santo is a colonial church in Old Havana, Havana, Cuba that was built in 1635 on the corner of Calles Cuba and Acosta. It contains notable paintings including a seated, post-crucifixion Christ on the right wall, and catacombs. Church del Espíritu Santo, Havana is situated 240 metres east of Plaza de Belén.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Havana and Chinatown.

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.

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.

Plaza de Belén

Type: Square
Categories: locality and parking area
Location: Centro Habana, La Habana Province, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

23.13286° or 23° 7′ 58″ north

Longitude

-82.35269° or 82° 21′ 10″ west

Parking

street-side

Open location code

76MV4JMW+4W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 575082959

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=parking

OpenStreetMap feature

place=square

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Comunidad de San Egidio and Notaría de Acosta (Habana Vieja).

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