Parque Histórico Militar Morro-Cabaña

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1. Batería de la Divina Pastora

0.13 MILES

A military emplacement that once protected Havana harbor from its position at the foot of the Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña.

2. Batería de los Doce Apóstoles

0.21 MILES

A battery of 12 cannons (the 12 'apostles') set beneath the colossal ramparts of the Castillo de los Tres Santos Reyes Magnos del Morro.

3. Batería de Velasco

0.23 MILES

A military emplacement beneath the walls of the Castillo de los Tres Santos Reyes Magnos del Morro, containing Krupp cannons last fired during the 1898…

5. Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña

0.24 MILES

This 18th-century colossus was built between 1763 and 1774 on a long, exposed ridge on the east side of Havana harbor to fill a weakness in the city's…

6. Museo de Fortificaciones y Armas

0.31 MILES

Inside the Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, this armaments museum contains weapons from bows and arrows to giant catapults and cannons.

7. Museo de Comandancia del Che

0.31 MILES

Probably the most interesting of the several museums spread around Havana's two eastern forts is this diminutive but nonetheless riveting exposé of the…

8. Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta

0.35 MILES

One in a quartet of forts defending Havana harbor, La Punta was designed by Italian military engineer Bautista Antonelli and built between 1589 and 1600…