Havana Cathedral

Catedral de San Cristóbal
Catedral de San Cristóbal
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General information
TypeReligious
Architectural styleBaroque
Address156 Empedrado
Town or cityHavana
CountryCuba
Groundbreaking1748
Completed1777
Technical details
Structural systemLoad bearing
MaterialCoral stone
Floor count1
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]

  1. ^  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese de la Havana (San Cristóbal de la Habana)". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. ^ Havana Cathedral. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  3. ^ Belmont Freeman (23 June 2018). "Modern architecture in Cuba and Contemporary Preservation Challenges". Columbia University.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference lahabana.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).