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Our Lady of Mercy church. Havana. Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament.

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"The Our Lady of Mercy Church in Old Havana dates back to the 18th and 19th century and was built by the Mercedario Fathers who immigrated to Cuba from Catalonia. Their assets were expropriated by the Medizabal government and expelled from Cuba in…

Our Lady of Mercy Church. Havana. Flowers in a wedding.

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"... founded around 1755 and only officially blessed in 1792. The later construction is clear in the baroque façade while an extensive rebuilding in the 1860s transformed the relatively poor church and convent into one of the most richly decorated…

Our Lady of Mercy Church. Havana.
Main altar decorated for a wedding.

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"... founded around 1755 and only officially blessed in 1792. The later construction is clear in the baroque façade while an extensive rebuilding in the 1860s transformed the relatively poor church and convent into one of the most richly decorated…

Maine Monument. Havana Cuba.

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El monumento a las víctimas del Maine fue construido en 1926 en El Vedado, La Habana, Cuba, en honor a los marineros que murieron en la explosión del buque estadounidense Maine en 1898, que sirvió como pretexto a los Estados Unidos para…

[ Catedral de La Habana ]

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The church was built in the Baroque architectural style with several Tuscan elements, and is considered one of the best examples of Baroque architecture in Cuba. The building is mainly constructed from blocks of coral cut from sources in…