Miramar is a residential district (''zona residencial'') of the municipality of Playa, in the city of

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

Overview

Many

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, including the landmark

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, are located in Miramar - in particular on ''Quinta Avenida'' (Fifth Avenue) before called Avenida de las Américas (Avenue of the Americas). Prior to the

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, the neighborhood was home to many of Havana's upscale residents. There are many large houses and mansions here. This district and the Country Club (Cubanacán) were the most glamorous spaces in the Havana of the 50s. There are also some of Havana's more modern hotels, such as Hotel Melia Habana, Oasis Panorama Hotel and Occidental Miramar, beaches and private rental houses (''known as casas particulares''). Also located here is the

International School of Havana The International School of Havana (ISH) is an international school in Cuba, located in Miramar, Havana. History ISH was founded in 1965 by Phyllis Powers, a British expatriate, to educate the children of diplomatic missions' staff. In 1974, ov ...

. Since the late 1990s, several office blocks have been built in a complex called ''Centro de Negocios Miramar'' - the "Miramar Trade Center".

Points of interest

Quinta Avenida (Fifth Avenue)

* Casa de Alberto de Armas (1926), a restored Beaux-Arts mansion at Calle 2 by architect Jorge Luis Echarte * Reloj de Quinta Avenida at Calle 10, a large clock erected in 1924 in the central median *

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(''Museo del Ministerio del Interior'') at Calle 12 * Casa del Habano (between Calles 14 and 16) (also in the Melia Habana near the Miramar Trade Center and Club Habana) *

Teatro Miramar The Teatro Miramar (''Miramar Theatre'') also known as the Cine Miramar is a former cinema located in Miramar, Havana, Cuba near Quinta Avenida (5th Avenue) and Calle 94. Built in the 1950s, the 600-seat movie house was still in use as a cultural c ...

at Calle 94 * Parque de los Ahorcados (''Park of the Hanged''), between Calles 24 and 26, "shaded by massive jagüey trees, seemingly supported by their aerial roots dangling like cascades of water" *

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(Teatro Karl Marx) in the park *

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, with a life-size stone statue of Zapata, Mexico’s revolutionary hero * Rosita De Hornedo Hotel, now the

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corporation, located in first avenue between 0 and 2. *

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(at Calle 26) — a modernist church from 1942 which mixes neocolonial and modern features by architect Victor Morales. Features a modernist statue of Santa Rita by Rita Longa * Gracious mansions, many of them foreign embassies *

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(at Calle 60) — Modernist-style Romanesque church (1949) by architects

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and

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(1988) (between Calles 62 and 66) by architects

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* Occidental Miramar hotel * Hotel Barceló Habana Ciudad (between Calles 76 and 80) * Miramar Trade Center * Iglesia de Jesús de Miramar (between Calles 80 and 82), built in 1953 with a magnificent organ with 5,000 pipes. The restored church features 14 splendid oversize paintings of the Stations of the Cross by Spanish artist César Hombrados Oñativa. *El Ajibe, a restaurant visited by Anthony Bourdain on his Travel Channel program "No Reservations". *Old Miramar Yacht Club, now a club for Cuban air force officers. The picture at right is wrong. For pictures of the Club go to miramaryachtclub.com. *Source
"Walking Quinta Avenida", ''Moon Travel Guides''

Parks

* Parque Ecológico Monte Barreto, 9th Avenue west of Calle 70 * Parque de los Ahorcados (''Park of the Hanged''), Quinta Avenida between Calles 24 and 26

Education

The

, an English-language international school, is in Miramar. The Centro Educativo Español de La Habana (CEEH), a Spanish-language international school, is in Miramar.BIENVENIDO a nuestro Centro
" Centro Educativo Español de La Habana. Retrieved on September 29, 2015. "nuestros alumnos son hijos de empresarios, diplomáticos, extranjeros residentes y ciudadanos españoles residentes en esta ciudad." and "Sede de E. Infantil y E. Primaria Avenida 5taB y 70, No. 6815 Miramar, Playa. La Habana"

Notable people

Cristina Saralegui Cristina María Saralegui de Ávila (born January 29, 1948) is a Cuban-born American journalist, television personality, actress and talk show host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, '. Before her television career, she worked for ten years ...

was born in Miramar, Havana.

References

External links

Hotels in Miramar, Havana
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