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Habana, a City of Charms

By: Maria Elena Balan Sainz | Photos: Vladimir Molina
 

The City of Havana is full of magic, carrying numerous songs of dreams to be fulfilled. It features many attractive neighbourhoods such as Vedado, Regla, Guanabacoa and Miramar.

The original colonial part of this large city is Habana Vieja or Old Havana. While only about a square mile in area, it has its own distinct architecture, traditions and even culture.
It contains abundant squares, ancient small palaces, stately homes, fortresses, museums, and a small portion of a wall that protected it from attacks by corsairs and pirates in past centuries.

A fourteen block section of the Malecon, or seafront drive of the city, constitutes the anteroom to enter Old Havana's historic center, another of the major attractions of the city

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