Chinese Quarter of Havana
Discover the Chinese Quarter of Havana, Cuba.
Chinese Quarter of Havana
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The Chinese Quarter of Havana is located next to the El Capitolio de Cuba, between Calles Amistad and Dragones streets, in the municipality of Centro Habana, in Havana.
The quarter is made up of five small streets, being the most important one the Calle de Los Dragones Street.
Streets in Chinese Quarter of Havana
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The historian Julio Riverend states that here settled around 150,000 Chinese between 1847 and 1874; but nowadays there is almost no Chinese people in here. The quarter is preserved thanks to the elderly Chinese still living here.
It is interesting to notice that the neighborhood still has the well-known Chinese Societies of Institution and Recreation, made up by small businesses like a casino, bar, inn and restaurant, all of them located on a first floor. In the quarter there is also a Chinese cinema showing movies in original versions, as well as a Chinese traditional pharmacy.
More information:
Location:
Entre las Calles Amistad y Dragones, Centro Habana, La Habana - Cuba.
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What to see in Centro Habana
- Essentia places to visit:
- El Capitolio
- Museo de la Revolución Museum
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Museum of Fine Arts)
- Places to visit:
- Real Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás (Partagás Royal Tobacco Factory)
- Paseo Martí (Martí Promenade)
- García Lorca Theater of Havana
- Castillo de San Salvador de La Punta Castle
- Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Church
- Other places:
- Fraternidad Park
- Fuente de la India (La India Fountain)
- Hotel Inglaterra
- Monument to Máximo Gómez
- José Lezama Lima House Museum
- Chinese Quarter of Havana
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