You are herelahabana.com › Havana Guide › Havana Guide › Museum / Cultural Center › Places in Calle Obispo & around › Museo de la Pintura Mural

Museo de la Pintura Mural

CA3
Museum / Cultural center
CA Ranking: 3
Best for: Beautifully restored original frescoes in one of the oldest surviving houses in the city
Open: 9:30 am-5pm Tues-Sun
Admission: Free
Obispo #117-119, e/ Mercaderes y Oficios, Habana Vieja

    • The Museum of Mural Painting exhibits some beautifully restored original frescoes in one of the oldest surviving houses in the city, owned by Antón Recio, important figure of 16th-century Havana.

    Opening hours: 9:30 am-5pm Tues-Sat; 9:30am-1pm Sun

    
  • Parque Rumiñahui

    Parque Rumiñahui  LH 3

    The main feature of this tiny but lovely tree-shaded park, which occupies the site of a collapsed colonial building, is a sculpture given to Fidel Castro by Ecuadorean artist Oswaldo Guayasamín (1919- …

    Admission: n-aMercaderes esq. a Lamparilla, Habana Vieja
    Calle Línea

    Calle Línea  LH 3

    Calle Línea is one of the most important streets in Havana and was the first one in Vedado. This avenue gets its name from the streetcar tracks (in Spanish, líneas) that ran along this street. It was …

    From the Malecón to the tunnel on 26th St.
    Casa Víctor Hugo

    Casa Víctor Hugo  LH 3

    This institution is supported by donations from Ediciones Boloña, a publishing house of the City Historian’s Office. Its purpose is to make known the work of the famous French author Victor Hugo, as w …

    Admission: FreeOpen: 9:30am-5pm Mon-SatO’Reilly #311 e/ Habana y Aguiar, Habana Vieja
    Maqueta de la Habana Vieja

    Maqueta de la Habana Vieja  LH 3

    This captivating and incredibly detailed scale model (1:500) of the old city is a must-see while exploring Habana Vieja, of which it provides a great overall perspective. Measuring 8 meteres long by 6 …

    Admission: CUC 1Open: 9am-6pm dailyMercaderes #116, e/ Obispo y Obrapía, Habana Vieja
    Palacio de la Artesanía (Casa de Don Mateo Pedroso)

    Palacio de la Artesanía (Casa de Don Mateo Pedroso)  LH 3

    Strategically located on Cuba Street between Cuarteles and Peña Pobre, it looks out onto the bay. Noteworthy in this 18-century mansion is the 32 meter-long continuous balcony on its façade, one of th …

    ColonialAdmission: n-aOpen: 10am-7pm dailyCuba #64, e/ Cuarteles y Peña Pobre, Habana Vieja
    Fábrica de Tabacos de Calixto López

    Fábrica de Tabacos de Calixto López  LH 3

    Built in 1886, the Calixto López y Compañía tobacco factory and warehouse takes up the whole block between Zulueta, Economía, Gloria and Misión streets. It has the typical ground floor, mezzanine and …

    Neo-classicalZulueta e/ Gloria y Misión, Habana Vieja
    Templo Nacional Masónico

    Templo Nacional Masónico  LH 3

    This building of imposing image is an example of conventionalism at a time when the architectural avant-garde had already paved the way for new, bolder ideas. From that premise, however, this construc …

    Art DecoCarlos III (Avenida Salvador Allende) #506-508 esquina a Belascoaín (Padre Valera)
    Iglesia del Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje

    Iglesia del Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje  LH 3

    Erected in 1640 simultaneously with the Plaza del Cristo around the Ermita del Humilladero–the final station of the Vía Crucis or procession of the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, which started …

    ColonialAdmission: FreeOpen: 9am-6pm, Tues-SunVillegas e/ Lamparilla y Teniente Rey, Habana Vieja
    Museo de los Bomberos

    Museo de los Bomberos  LH 3

    This singular 1910 Fire Station has a simple but refined façade that features a kind of triumphal arch dominated by a central double-heighted void. Today, it houses a lovely museum about the history o …

    Admission: freeOpen: 10am-5pm Tue-SatZulueta 257 entre Neptuno y Animas
    Faro O’Donnell

    Faro O’Donnell  LH 3

    The original lighthouse at the Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro was erected on the Morrillo Semibastion and was fueled by wood until the 17th century, then by gas until the 19th century and finall …

    Admission: CUC 2Open: 9am-8pm dailyCastillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro
    « 14 of 22 pages »
    • You are herelahabana.com › Havana Guide › Havana Guide › Museum / Cultural Center › Places in Calle Obispo & around › Museo de la Pintura Mural
  • LaHabana.com