Journey Into Old Havana's Vibrant History | National Geographic

In carved stone and bold, tropical colors and sounds, Old Havana reflects Cuba’s complex history of conquest, slavery, liberation, and revolution.
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With diverse indigenous, African, and European roots, Havana’s culture and architecture reflect Cuba’s complex history of conquest, slavery, liberation, and revolution. Chosen for its strategic location on the island’s northwestern coast, in the early sixteenth century, Havana grew into the largest port in Spain’s Caribbean colonies.
The original layout of Habana Vieja-Old Havana-is still intact. Building ordinances in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries preserved the city’s architectural integrity. Wrought-iron gates, internal courtyards, and stone colonnades adorn the buildings of its five main plazas.
Among some 900 surrounding historic structures, a few highlights include the Castillo de la Real Fuerza, one of the oldest existing forts in the Americas, the eighteenth-century Catedral de La Habana on the plaza by the same name, and the Museo de la Ciudad, housed in a baroque palace on Havana's original town square.
Even with international recognition, the work of preserving the historic city center remains ongoing.
Visitors from around the world flock to Cuba for its pristine beaches, exciting nightlife, and a fascinating, blended cultural heritage of art, music, and design.
Traveling to Cuba is much easier for U.S. citizens than it used to be, but check the State Department website for any current advisory notices.
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[@NatGeo]

Havana's culture and architecture reflect Cuba's complex history of conquest, slavery, liberation, and revolution. What intrigues you the most about this city?

[@The80sWolf_]

The cooperation between people. Busses stopped in the middle of the street just to pick up old women, and people on board the bus helped them up the stairs. Small things like that is wonderful to see.

[@eva5601]

That Cubans have resilience

[@AzlianaLyana]

Beautiful place with full of historical values and stories. Definitely adding this to my must-visit list. Thanks for sharing National Geographic.

[@greenbeanroyals]

As a Cuban-Amarican, this makes me smile.

[@FairyFrequency]

Beautiful location! Love the history. Wishing you a lovely day.

[@mdrashed6593]

La Habana....awesome! lovely city..... being as a bangladeshi citizens am i eligible to visit the county. 🇧🇩💙🇨🇺

[@mrfriendlolo4971]

such a beautiful city, wish I could live there

[@joanysgonzalez454]

My beautiful Cuba 💖💖💖

[@cristobalcaro3392]

il castiio di la rial fuersa. That accent, so strong

[@elbadilan462]

Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed.

[@ultramet]

I hear you. They should have used someone who could actual pronounce the Spanish names correctly. God she was awful.

[@nipplepoop1943]

Why am I just now finding out that Nat Geo has films up on youtube? Neat.

[@halfword]

Wow they named a city after the song Havana

[@sumuqh]

Lool😂

[@halfword]

Lool😂

[@galil7699]

Lool😂

[@DjBrOwNi3]

Lool😂

[@bhavineerathod7997]

Lmao

[@diogosousacarvalho]

Gorgeous!!!

[@worthit5064]

anyone see that city in assassin creed black flag ??? 😊

[@TheFurriestOne]

I want to go there and see all those beautiful cars!

[@sholehbanyuwangi5184]

thank for information

[@ZaphodTHEBeeblebrox]

i could only be so lucky to ever go there

[@alaa.atu1]

Me gusta Cuba😂 Yo soy de aquí

[@kilomillensimus9379]

I don't care how her pronunciation is, she's got the spirit.

[@easley421]

The announcers voice is terrible

[@chandradwolfman]

Siempre la victoria.. ✌️😊

[@Zayden.]

Hasta la Victoria siempre!

[@Openbarpr]

Next time find somebody that can pronounce the name correctly in spanish at least. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@holisticmaya]

I was thinking the same haha

[@victoravici9575]

Ouch, those Spanish pronunciations...it was painful to hear my dear gringa

[@hoangha2477]

Does anyone know the name of music at the end? Thank you so much.

[@fredflintstone6338]

Looks amazing.

[@Mysterialic]

Thanks, Black Flag.

[@sarabande90]

Any one there know what the opening guitar music is? Thanks in advance.

[@tonymaldonado1659]

I will be in Cuba in 10 days

[@kesharkhadkapunwar2029]

Wow! It seems to be a great place, I would like to visit! Hail! Nepal !!!

[@sackofpotatos9730]

I’m watching this video for an assignment

[@sumuqh]

Havana ooh na na

[@MGBfilmTV]

You beat me to it 🤨

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

Pelo meridiano de Cuba ...faltou ver no video o charuto de Havana e Guantanam(o)era!

[@grindcoremaniac]

The narrator's accent lol.

[@agbook2007]

Yes... gah!

[@TBeare]

I got 25 seconds in before I decided her voice would ruin the whole video for me

[@Capellix0001]

Time to go play tropico 5

[@laurenschexnider2799]

Looks like New Orleans French Quarter.

[@bruceschneider4928]

Gulnaz Khan needs a voice coach.

[@shahad3463]

I was waiting for camila's havana

[@a4andrei]

not a fan of the narrator.

[@spidey2602]

Havana oo nana

[@ailsa6739]

The streets are lined with neat rows of stores and houses remain of the colonial period.🏛🌴

[@ShayanAli_29]

Mason and Woods have been here before

[@DrLynch2009]

Edward Kenway as well.

[@hwy9nightkid]

Don-day esta la biblio - teca!??

[@fairouzbirsiq2502]

👍👏🤝

[@peterguitarhowitt268]

🌎

[@sweethabibi4413]

Vivo movie

[@rayarena879]

The narrarator says that Havana's culture and architecture reflects Cuba's complex history of conquest, slavery, liberation and revolution. Actually, the word "revolution" should be exchanged for "tyranny" since the so-called "revolution" has led to a stalinist dictatorship that has squelched every human right immagineable. Also, at the beginning of Cuba's modern history, after the "conquest" why forcus on "slavery?" What we had was the founding of Cuba by the host society which was Spanish. Slaves were brought in by Cuba's creole class that needed laborers. I'm not trying to make light of the suffering of slaves, but that isn't what identified the colonial period. In that period, you had the creation of Cuba's population with migrations from Spain, France and other parts of Europe. This would have been the nucleus of Cuba's society.

[@johnwalsh5889]

Early!

[@IvanPlayStation4LiFe]

Socialism beauty one day I have too go there my country is close to Cuba Dominican Republic.

[@randomnesszoe7253]

8th

[@haileeebruhh]

First?

[@dentpeninde]

Revolution? What about genocide?

[@ChickenTVMAN]

ACBF

[@khanbabu292]

First

[@jnrldr]

I've been to Havana. The people are rude to tourist and the city is in disrepair.

[@pablocabrera4455]

I don't blame them we're Americans we have done and continue doing bad stuff. Yeah they do have a lot of bad infrastructure once again blame it on the U.S

[@The80sWolf_]

I did not see any rude people when I visited. I traveled alone and managed.

[@rayarena879]

@@pablocabrera4455 No, it's not America's fault if the people are rude. Cuba is in a disasterous state because of the regime, because castro who recieved three times as much money from the U.S.S.R as the US gave all of Europe under the Marshall Plan let Cuba fall apart. He invested all of the money in creating the largest army in Latin America and exporting revolution all over the world. If you were to go in a time machine and see Havana before 1959, it was a pristine city, unlike the slum that it has become today.

[@markdarnell614]

C'mon National Geographic! - You couldn't find a DECENT Narrator who didn't sound like a Sorority Girl from the University of Iowa?! - and her Spanish pronunciation is Just AWFUL!

[@DUBSTEP_KUSH305]

Fifteen

[@RampinRabit]

Kenny Martin have we met before 🤔🤣

[@DUBSTEP_KUSH305]

@@RampinRabit 🤔 where?

[@RampinRabit]

Kenny Martin darkness prevails live stream?

[@DUBSTEP_KUSH305]

@@RampinRabit naw wrong Kenny 😅😉

[@ScienceFormula]

i think camila cabello vist Havana that why she sing a song on that...😂

[@allkingsthelabel4971]

science Formula she Cuban

[@mrlad4685]

Annoying Narrator

[@sanjaysharma8326]

Sapna Choudhary ke gane Ajay Sapna Choudhary ke gane aa jao

[@sanjaysharma8326]

Sapna Choudhary ke Sapna Choudhary ke gane Ajay

[@sanjaysharma8326]

Sapna

[@edgarcardenas837]

#$#$e