La Concha

Cuba / Ciudad de la Habana / Havanna /

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Coordinates: 23°5'44"N 82°27'13"W

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LA CONCHA BEACH, IS A PLACE WHERE OLDER AND POPULAR GAMBLE AND MUSIC HALLS WAS LOCATED. FORMER CASINOS AND DANCING ROOMS LIKE THE CHORICERA CLUB WAS LOCATED IN THIS AREA. IN THE 30´S THE AREA WAS TRANSFORMATED INTO A SELECTED BEACH WITHIN THE CARLOS MIGUEL DE CESPEDES "MIRAMAR PROJECT", INCLUDING A RESIDENTIAL AREA CALLED HAVANA COUNTRY CLUB PARK & LAKE, HAVANA COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE, THE JAIMANITAS GOLF CLUB, THE HAVANA YACHT CLUB, AND THE NATIONAL CASINO. THE "NATIONAL CASINO OR THE CASINO DE LA PLAYA", WAS LOCATED IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE "LA CONCHA BEACH" AND WAS THE MOST EXOTIC AND BEAUTIFUL GAMBLING HOUSE IN CUBA. THE BUILDING WAS A PRECIOUS NEOCLASIC CONSTRUCTION WITH DANCING HALL, DINNING ROOM, BARS, PRIVATE BARS, GAMBLING ROOM, GARDENS AND A SPECTACULAR FOUNTAIN THAS LATER WAS MOVED TO THE ENTRANCE OF TROPICANA CABARET. SADDLY THE NATIONAL CASINO WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1956. A TERRIBLE ARCHITECTURAL LOSS.

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