Havana Cathedral ~ Catedral de San Cristóbal

Catedral de San Cristóbal

Empedrado, La Habana, Cuba

 Havana Cathedral (Catedral de San Cristobal)

is one of eleven Catholic cathedrals on the island. It is located in the Plaza de la Catedralon Calle Empedrado, between San Ignacio y Mercaderes, Habana Vieja. The thirty by forty nine meter rectangular church serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana.^[1] Christopher Columbus’ remains were kept in the cathedral between 1796 and 1898, before they were taken to Seville Cathedral.^[2]

Wikipedia

Address: 156 Empedrado, La Habana, Cuba

Opened: 1777

District: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana

Groundbreaking: 1748

Phone: +53 7 8617771

Architectural styles: Baroque, Baroque architecture