Miramar, Havana

Miramar, Havana
Municipality of Havana
Quinta avenida
Country	Cuba
Elevation	45 m (148 ft)
Time zone	EST
Area code(s)	(+53) 7

The Russian embassy in Miramar

Old Miramar Yacht Club

The church "Jesus de Miramar" on Quinta Avenida in Miramar

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

Overview

Many embassies, including the landmark Russian embassy, are located in Miramar - in particular on Quinta Avenida (Fifth Avenue) before called Avenida de las Américas (America avenue).

Prior to the Revolution, 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.

In the late 1990s and 2000s, 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
Museum of the Ministry of the Interior (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 at Calle 98
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"
Karl Marx Theater (Teatro Karl Marx) in the park
Plaza Emiliano Zapata, with a life-size stone statue of Zapata, Mexico’s revolutionary hero
Parque Prado, with a Romanesque temple and a bronze bust to Mahatma Gandhi
Iglesia de Santa Rita de Casia (at Calle 26) — a modernist church from 1942 which mixes neocolonial and modern features by architect Victor Morales (Cuban architect). Features a modernist statue of Santa Rita by Rita Longa
Gracious mansions, many of them foreign embassies
Iglesia San Antonio de Padua (at Calle 60) — Modernist-style Romanesque church (1949) by architects Eloy Norman and Salvador Figueras
Russian Embassy (1988) (between Calles 62 and 66) by architects Alexander Rochegov and Basilio Piasecki
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".

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 International School of Havana, an English-language international school, is in Miramar.^[1]

The Centro Educativo Español de La Habana (CEEH), a Spanish-language international school, is in Miramar.^[2]

Notable people

Cristina Saralegui was born in Miramar, Havana.

References

↑ "Contact Us." International School of Havana. Retrieved on September 29, 2015. "Address: Calle 18 #315 esquina a 5ta. Avenida, Miramar, Havana. Cuba"
↑ "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"

External links

Hotels in Miramar, Havana Travel and tourism

Media related to Miramar at Wikimedia Commons

Municipalities and wards of Havana

Arroyo Naranjo	Callejas Calvario-Fraternidad Eléctrico Guinera Los Pinos Managua Mantilla Párraga Poey Víbora Park

Boyeros	Altahabana-Capdevila Armada-Aldabo Boyeros Calabazar Nuevo Santiago Santiago de Las Vegas Wajay

Centro Habana	Cayo Hueso Colón Dragones Los Sitios Pueblo Nuevo

Cerro	Armada Cerro El Canal Las Cañas Latinoamericano Palatino Pilar-Atares

Cotorro	Alberro Cuatro Caminos Lotería San Pedro-Centro Cotorro Santa Maria del Rosario Magdalena-Torriente

Diez de Octubre	Acosta Jesús del Monte La Víbora Lawton Luyanó Santos Suárez Sevillano Tamarindo Vista Alegre

Guanabacoa	Chivas-Roble Debeche-Nalon Hata-Naranjo Mañana-Habana Nueva Minas-Barreras Peñalver-Bacuranao Villa I Villa II

La Habana del Este	Alamar Este Alamar-Playa Alturas de Alamar Camilo Cienfuegos Campo Florido Cojímar Guanabo (incl. Santa María del Mar, Tarará) Guiteras

La Habana Vieja	Belén Catedral Jesús María Plaza Vieja Prado San Isidro Tallapiedra

La Lisa	Alturas de La Lisa Arroyo Arenas Balcón Arimao El Cano-Valle Grande-Bello 26 y Morado Punta Brava San Agustín Versalles-Coronela

Marianao	CAI-Los Ángeles Libertad Pocito-Palmas Pogoloti-Belén-Finlay Santa Felicia Zamora-Cocosolo

Playa	Ampliación Almendares Buena Vista (incl. Puentes Grandes) Ceiba Cubanacán Miramar Santa Fe Siboney Sierra

Plaza de la Revolución	Colón-Nuevo Vedado El Carmelo Nuevo Vedado-Puentes Grandes Plaza Príncipe Rampa Vedado Vedado-Malecón

Regla	Casablanca Guaicanimar Loma Modelo

San Miguel del Padrón	Diezmero Dolores-Veracruz Jacomino Luyanó Moderno Rocafort San Francisco de Paula

Landmarks and attractions in Havana

Commerce, government	Bacardi Building Coppelia (ice cream parlor) El Capitolio FOCSA Building Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital Lonja del Comercio building Manzana de Gómez Palacio de los Capitanes Generales Russian embassy Oriental Park Racetrack^† Tropicana Club

Education	ELAM (Latin American School of Medicine) University of Havana

Fortifications	La Cabaña Castillo de la Real Fuerza Castillo San Salvador de la Punta Morro Castle Castle del Príncipe Santa Clara Battery Torreón de la Chorrera

Hotels	Hotel Capri Hotel Habana Riviera Hotel Inglaterra Hotel Nacional de Cuba Hotel Sevilla Hotel Tryp Habana Libre Meliá Cohiba Hotel

Monuments	Central Railway Station Colón Necrópolis Fuente de la India El Templete José Martí Memorial USS Maine monument

Museums	Museo del Aire^† Museum of Decorative Arts Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana Museum of the Revolution Napoleon Museum

Natural	Almendares River Havana Harbor

Neighborhoods	Centro Habana Miramar Old Havana (La Habana Vieja) Vedado Others

Religious	Havana Cathedral Iglesia de Jesús de Miramar San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary Our Lady of Kazan Orthodox Cathedral Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis Christ of Havana

Streets, parks	Calle 23 ("La Rampa") John Lennon Park José Martí Anti-Imperialist Platform (Wall of Flags) Malecón Paseo del Prado Plaza de la Revolución Plaza Vieja

Theatres	Amadeo Roldán Theatre Gaia Gran Teatro de La Habana Hubert de Blanck Theater Karl Marx Theatre National Theatre of Cuba Teatro Miramar

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Coordinates: 23°7′21″N 82°25′10″W / 23.12250°N 82.41944°W / 23.12250; -82.41944 (Miramar)

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