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Image Title: The Havana Cathedral On The Plaza De La Catedral, In Havana, Cuba, 2010

Creator: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer

Date: 2010 January 10.

Notes: The square took definitive shape in the second half of the eighteenth century. The Cathedrals construction was begun around 1748 as a temple to the Jesuit fathers. This order was expelled in 1767, the half-finished church was designated to b e the principal parish church in which form it was concluded b 1777, In 1788 Havana was prmoted to the rank of Diocese, and the parish church became a cathedral.

Subjects: Cuba--Havana
Havana Cathedral
Plaza de la Cathedral

Original Media: Photograph

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