Cathedral of Havana
is really Havana Cathedral, La Habana
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
A baroque church with two bell towers on a busy market square in Spanish Havana, one of the landmarks of the game's Spanish capital.
The real place
The real cathedral is younger than the game suggests: it was begun by the Jesuits in 1748 and only became a cathedral in 1789, so it did not exist in 1715. Its curving coral-stone facade on the Plaza de la Catedral is one of the finest baroque fronts in the Americas.
Visiting
Old Havana is compact and best seen on foot early in the morning, before the heat and the tour groups. The cathedral is free to enter at set hours; the cafes on the square are pricey but the view of the facade at sunset is worth a drink.
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