Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis (Havana) | church, monastery

Cuba / Ciudad de la Habana / Havanna / Havana / Plaza San Francisco de Asís
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The basilica and the monastery of San Francisco de Asis (Saint Francis of Assisi) were built in Havana, Cuba at the end of sixteenth century (1580-91) as the home of the Franciscan community, and were altered in the baroque style in 1730.
The church was used for their worship by the English during the year in which they ruled Havana. When it returned to Spanish rule, they considered the site desecrated and chose to no longer use it as a church. It is now used for concerts. Attached to the Basilica is a bell tower (138-ft). Originally a statue of St. Francis of Assisi stood on the top of the bell tower but it was destroyed by a cyclone in 1846.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_Menor_de_San_Francisco_de_Asis
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Coordinates:   23°8'13"N   82°20'54"W
This article was last modified 11 years ago