Arco de Belén, Havana

Arco de Belén
view from the west, ca 1921
General information
Address	No. 307 Calle Acosta
Town or city	Havana
Country	Cuba
Coordinates	23°07′56″N 82°21′09″W / 23.1323°N 82.3526°W / 23.1323; -82.3526
Opened	1772
Height
Top floor	8 meters
Technical details
Structural system	Arch
Floor count	1
Known for	Acosta street passage

The Arco de Belén was built by Pedro Medina in 1775 and was part of the Convent and Church of Nuestra Señora de Belén located on Calle Acosta in Havana. It is a short tunnel that characterizes the location.

The old Convent of Nuestra Señora de Belén is the first baroque building in Old Havana. It was completed in 1718 and directed by the Order of Bethlemites.

The Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, moved from Havana to Miami after Fidel coup, was created in the mid 19th century in the facilities of the Convent of Belén of Havana.

Currently it houses a residence for the elderly financed by the Office of the Historian of Old Havana.

Gallery

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  Arco de Belén, Front facade, 1920

See also

• Old Havana
• Royal Shipyard of Havana
• Colegio de Belén, Havana
• Havana

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arco de Belén, Havana.

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Havana".

• ARCO DE BELÉN A PLAZA VIEJA
• (1775) "Arcos de Belén" Calle Acosta y Compostela La Habana Vieja, Cuba
• Archive of Historic Havana

This page was last edited on 4 February 2024, at 03:56