{"id":13179,"date":"2011-11-24T13:49:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T13:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/?p=13179"},"modified":"2019-06-18T16:02:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T15:02:26","slug":"dive-into-the-history-of-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/destinations\/dive-into-the-history-of-havana.htm","title":{"rendered":"Dive into the History of Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When you think of the elegant salsa and the finest cigars you instantly come to think of the Havana. Havana is the capital city of Cuba that has set a mark on the world. It is the very federal capital of a country that shook the foundations of world politics and powers play. Havana is the land of liberation and it welcomes you with all its warmth and friendly aura. If you want to set your spirits free this season and live an earthy experience then you might as well opt for touring Havana. This natural and earthy city has so much to offer to elevate your inner core. Whereas, the other attractions out there in the city are reflective of the rich history of Havana and they share with us tales of the great legends that the region has produced. So it is time to indulge in a completely different yet most exciting holidays this season in Havana and it is the right time to look up for a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/flights\/cuba\/havana.htm\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">cheap flights to Havana<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that takes you into a land of harmony and love. You will thank heavens when you visit Havana because it is one of those places that make you cherish brotherhood and social integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0National Museum of Fine Arts is a\u00a0Fine Arts\u00a0museum that exhibits Cuban and other international art collections. The museum is proud to have one of the largest collections of paintings and sculpture from Latin America. This museum is located in the vicinity of Havana&#8217;s\u00a0Palace of Fine Arts that is purely devoted to Cuban art whereas the\u00a0Palace of the\u00a0Asturian\u00a0Center is dedicated to universal art.\u00a0 The museum is the largest of its type in the entire Caribbean region and it accounts for nearly fifty thousand arts masterpieces.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Museum of the Revolution exhibits Cuba\u2019s history starting from the neo colonial period to the end of the great red revolution. The city\u2019s Presidential Palace is the home of the museum that was designed by legendry by Cuban architect\u00a0Carlos Maruri and the\u00a0Belgian\u00a0Paul Belau. The museum\u2019s structure is a sophisticated amalgamation Spanish, French and German architectural design of the building.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The renowned Museum of Decorative Arts is commonly known as the small French Palace of Havana. The museum is housed in the neo classical mansion of the\u00a0Countess of Revilla de Camargo that was built in the early twentieth century. The structural design of the museum is inspired form the French Renaissance period. The museum has been exhibiting more than thirty thousand works dating from the reigns of\u00a0Louis XV,\u00a0Louis XVI, and\u00a0Napoleon III, as well as the sixteenth century and onwards Oriental\u00a0art pieces along with other masterpieces.\u00a0The museum has ten permanent exhibit halls displaying artefacts from porcelain articles from\u00a0France, Germany, England, China and also from Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Havana is proud to have nearly fifty museums, including the National Museum of Music, the Museum of Dance and Rum, the Cigar Museum, the Napoleonic, Colonial and Oricha Museums, the Museum of Anthropology; the Ernest Hemingway Museum; the Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Monument, the Aircraft Museum. There are also museums of Natural Sciences, the City, Archaeology, Gold-and-Silverwork, Perfume, Pharmaceuticals, Sports, Numismatics, and Weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; When you think of the elegant salsa and the finest cigars you instantly come to think of the Havana. 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