Castillo De San Salvador De La Punta

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  • Address
    cnr Av del Puerto & Paseo de Martí, Centro Habana
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  • Phone
    860 3196
  • Wed-Sun 10:00 - 18:00

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Lonely Planet review

Designed by Italian engineer Giovanni Bautista Antonelli and built between 1589 and 1600, this fort is a fine example of 16th-century Renaissance military architecture. In days of yore, a chain was stretched 250m across the channel to El Morro castle every night to close the harbor mouth to shipping. The castle's museum displays artifacts from sunken Spanish treasure fleets, a collection of model ships and information on the slave trade.