Museo de Pintura Mural

Habana Vieja


A simple museum that exhibits some beautifully restored original frescoes in the Casa del Mayorazgo de Recio, popularly considered to be Havana's oldest surviving house. It has been renovated and, at the time of research, only the ground floor was open.


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