The so-called extramural Havana,  built
beyond the ancient walls of the city, shows multiple architectural
styles: renaissance, Moorish, colonial baroque and Cuban baroque,
neoclassical, art nouveau, art deco, in one word: eclecticism. One
of the most extraordinary buildings of the city is the Capitol,
which treasures under its dome the Statue of the Republic, third
tallest of its kind in the world.
The Gran Teatro de La Habana concentrates a great amount of the
best cultural spectacles while the Paseo del Prado tree-lined walkway
receives daily hundreds of people of this joyful and cosmopolitan
city.
Passing through El Vedado neighborhood one arrives at the two-hundred-year
 old
University of Havana, the Revolution Square, and José Martí's
Memorial, the latter having the city's highest lookout point (183,5
m. or 454 ft.)
Colon necropolis, considered among the most important around the
world due to the richness in art pieces it encloses, constitutes
another place of interest worth-visiting in the city. Havana's theater
activity counts on a very enthusiast public and a number of theaters
among which the National Theater, having several rooms, Mella, Hubert
de Blanck, America, and Amadeo Roldán, just to mention some,
stand out.
The history and heritage of Cuban and universal culture can be appreciated
in numberless museums daily visited by nationals and visitors. Havana
is, culturally speaking, one of the most developed cities in Latin
America thanks to the  contribution
of dozens of institutions such as: the Casa de las Américas,
the Instituto Cubano del Libro, the Biblioteca Nacional, the Ballet
Nacional de Cuba, and the Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano,
among many others.
Cuban music, expression of the synthesis of several cultures that
identifies the Cuban is widely represented in everyday life and
goes beyond the geographical frontiers to captivate people in scenarios
all over the world.
The practice of sports, generalized along the national territory,
has, for its development, in Havana City an appropriate infrastructure,
having host important national and international events.
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