Cathedral of Havana

The Catedral de San Cristóbal de La Habana (Cathedral of Saint Christopher of Havana) is the seat of Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, the Cardinal Archbishop of Havana, Cuba.

Set in the former Plaza de La Ciénaga or Swamp Plaza, the Cathedral is said to be the only example of a baroque construction that posesses asymetrycal features -one of the towers is wider than the other-. This particular feature was conceived in order to allow the water that tended to accumulate on the plaza to freely flow through the streets during the colonial period, when it was built.

Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier famously described the Cathedral as "music set in stone". It is the most prominent building on the Plaza de la Catedral, in Old Havana.

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San Cristobal Cathedral

The Cathedral's front entrance

Landmarks and attractions in Havana
Landmarks	Cabaña Fortress · Capitolio · Habana Libre · Hotel Nacional · Meliá Cohiba Hotel · Morro Castle · Real Fuerza Castle · San Salvador Fortress · Manzana de Gomez · El Templete
Religious buildings	Havana Cathedral · Iglesia de Jesus de Miramar · San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary · San Francisco Basílica
Museums	Colón Necrópolis · José Martí Memorial · Museum of Decorative Arts · Museum of Fine Arts · Museum of the Revolution
Theaters	Amadeo Roldán Theater · Gaia · Great Theater · Hubert de Blanck Theater · Karl Marx Theater · National Theater
Attractions	Guanabo · Old Havana · Tarara · Tropicana · University of Havana

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