2012-10-24

Cathedral of Havana - Cuba


© Manuel Cervantes


sent from Canada by Garnet

My first postcard from Cuba!!

"The Catedral de la Virgen María de la Concepción Inmaculada de La Habana (Cathedral of The Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception) is a Roman Catholic Cathedral and is the seat of Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, the Cardinal Archbishop of Havana, Cuba. It is also dedicated to Saint Christopher (San Cristóbal), thus it is sometimes dubbed as Cathedral of Saint Christopher.

The construction of the cathedral was started by Jesuits in 1748 on the site of an earlier church and finished by Havana City in 1777. The cathedral is set in the former Plaza de La Ciénaga or Swamp Plaza, in a site where was gathered the runoff from the city." In: Wikipedia
Published by Miguel em 15:02
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3 comments:

  1. Postcard Blogger18 March 2013 at 17:25

    where are you getting these great postcards from Cuba??

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    1. Miguel18 March 2013 at 17:50

      Brenda, this one was sent through Postcrossing site. The others were brought by a friend that was in vacations in Cuba last January. :D

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  2. Postcard Blogger18 March 2013 at 22:48

    very nice!

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