Catedral de San Cristóbal | |
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![]() Catedral de San Cristóbal | |
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General information | |
Type | Religious |
Architectural style | Baroque |
Address | 156 Empedrado |
Town or city | Havana |
Country | Cuba |
Groundbreaking | 1748 |
Completed | 1777 |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Load bearing |
Material | Coral stone |
Floor count | 1 |
Website | |
https://arquidiocesisdelahabana.org/nueva// |
Havana Cathedral (Catedral de San Cristóbal) is one of eleven Catholic cathedrals on the island. It is located in the Plaza de la Catedral on Calle Empedrado, between San Ignacio y Mercaderes, Old Havana, Havana, Cuba. The thirty by forty-nine meters rectangular church serves as the seat of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana.[1] Christopher Columbus’s remains were kept in the cathedral between 1796 and 1898 before they were taken to Seville Cathedral.[2]
It was built between 1748 and 1777[3] and was consecrated in 1782.[4]
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