https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g Ciudad La Habana en-us 2018-10-26 22:38:05 UTC 2025-04-18 17:30:25 UTC hello@padlet.com estefanyinfante1 https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297591481 It is the capital of the Republic of Cuba, its largest city, its main port, its economic-cultural center and its main tourist pole. It is the most populated city in the country, with a population of 2 106 146 inhabitants according to data from 2012, and the third most populated population of the Caribbean region. As the capital of Cuba, the city is the official headquarters of the superior organisms of the State and the Cuban Government, of all the central organisms and almost the totality of the companies and associations of national scope. In addition, the number of branches and headquarters of the entities located in Cuba.]]> 2018-10-26 22:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297591481 estefanyinfante1 https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297592083 2018-10-26 22:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297592083 estefanyinfante1 https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297592371 LA HABANA VIEJA
It is the oldest area of ​​the Cuban capital. As a whole it has an urban layout similar to a large biconvex lens of about 5 km² in area, where there are still remains of the walls that for two centuries protected it with a stone fence and configured it as a defensive military enclosure. The demolition of the wall began in 1863.]]> 2018-10-26 22:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297592371 estefanyinfante1 https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297592505 EL CAPITOLIO DE LA HABANA
It is a building built in 1929 in Havana (Cuba) under the direction of the architect Eugenio Raynieri Piedra, commissioned by the then Cuban president Gerardo Machado. The building would be destined to house and be the seat of the two chambers of Congress or the legislative body of the Republic of Cuba. Inspired by the Pantheon of Paris, San Pedro de Roma and the Capitol of the United States, the building presents a neoclassical columned façade and a dome that reaches 91.73 m in height.]]> 2018-10-26 22:55:26 UTC https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297592505 estefanyinfante1 https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297592581 MUSEO DE LA REVOLUCION
located in Havana, it gathers material and collections related to the Cuban revolution. Created on December 12, 1959 by decree of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, signed by the then Minister of the FAR and later President of Cuba, Raúl Castro.]]> 2018-10-26 22:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297592581 estefanyinfante1 https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297592688 THE ALMEDRONES
They are popularly called hundreds of American cars from the middle of the last century that function as regular taxis and transport thousands of Cuban citizens daily and also to many tourists, inside and outside the city: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, Osmobile, Pontiac, are some of the brands that are most seen. Those who provide exclusive service to foreigners are concentrated around the Central Park in a show worthy of admiration and photography. While those who serve Cubans gather in front of the Fraternity Park, on the side of Monte Street in Old Havana, the historic center of the city; in the Curita Park, surrounded by Galiano, Zanja and Reyna streets, Centro Habana municipality; at the beginning of the Neptuno avenue or in front of the Hotel Habana Libre, in the Vedado, Plaza de la Revolución municipality. These are the most notable piqueras.]]> 2018-10-26 22:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297592688 estefanyinfante1 https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297593145 THE COCO TAXIS
They are curious yellow vehicles with round shape, which resemble a motorcycle, with capacity for the driver in the front and two people in the back. They are very colorful and flashy. You can see them in any part of the city and in other tourist sites in Cuba, although they mainly move near Old Havana, the historic center of the city, as well as in Vedado or Malecón Avenue.

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They are human traction vehicles, which operate mainly in Old Havana and Centro Habana. They transport local and foreign residents and visitors in these locations. Many are adorned with luminaries, promote restaurants and other private businesses and are equipped with music devices that spread Cuban melodies, sometimes at full volume. They are already part of the environment of those places in the city.

]]> 2018-10-26 23:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297593207 estefanyinfante1 https://padlet.com/estefanyinfante1/dvgrszek5m0g/wish/297593325 THE COLONIAL CARS PULLED BY HORSES
They have a similar form to those used in the colonial period and offer their services mainly to tourists, giving tours in the historic center of the city. They usually also concentrate in the Central Park. They move through the Malecón, Prado Street and other important arteries.

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