Calle Zulueta, Havana
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| Ignacio Agramonte | |
 Calle Zulueta drawn on partal 1909 Habana map by Baedeker | |
| North end | Caller Arsenal |
|---|---|
| Major junctions | Calle Neptuno, Calle Dragones |
| South end | Capdevila (Cárcel) |
| Other | |
| Known for | Havana walls |
Calle Zulueta follows the exterior line of the old defense wall of Havana, its route is affected by several inflections along the way. Running from its northern source at Calle Arsenal, it follows a slight incline to the southwest and heads south at the intersection with Calle Neptuno, then inclining to the south southeast at Calle Dragones.[1] With a slight incline to the southwest, it heads south at the intersection with Calle Neptuno, then inclining to the south southeast at Calle Dragones.[1] It marks one of the limits of the Parque Central, it extends by the Plaza hotel, and by the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Trocadero, between Zulueta y Monserrate), Sloppy Joe's bar. Running parallel to Calle Zulueta is Calle Monserrate.
History
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Calle Zulueta runs north from its southern intersection with Calle Cárcel north to the Havana Central railway station on Calle Arsenal. Calle Ignacio Agramonteis was its official name given in 1909, the locals to the present call it by the name it received in 1874: Calle Zulueta.[2]
Its name honors of the potentate Don Julián de Zulueta, 1st Marquis of Álava, a colonel of the Volunteer Corps, president of the Spanish Casino, municipal deputy mayor, interim political governor on several occasions in which he rendered notable services to the city of Havana in terms of charity and public works. Julián Zulueta was a staunch defender of slave trafficking.[a][1]
Places of interest
[edit]- Museum of the Revolution (Cuba)
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
- Parque Central, Havana
- Hotel Pasaje, Havana
- Plaza Hotel (Havana)
- Hotel Sevilla
- Sloppy Joe's Bar, Havana
Literature
[edit]The main character of Guillermo Cabrera Infante's La Habana para un infante difunto family moves to Calle Zulueta:[3]
Gallery
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Asalto a Palacio residential, Calle Zulueta -
Calle Zulueta nearing El Capitolio -
Cuban army vehicle immediately after the attack at Presidential Palace, 13 March 1957 -
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See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Julián Zulueta y Amondo, 1st Marquis of Álava and Viscount of Casa Blanca, was part of a group of the most powerful Spanish slave traders, moneylenders, and landowners, managed to contract the agency for the demolition of the walls of the city, which is why one of the streets through which it extended would be known as Zulueta street.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "¿Por qué se llama calle Zulueta? (Calles de La Habana)". Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ^ "The Havana street that still (in practice) bears the name of a Basque slave trader". Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ^ Cabrera Infante, Guillermo. 1979. La Habana para un infante difunto. Barcelona: Ed. Seix Barral
External links
[edit]- Digital Photographic Archive of Historic Havana
- Por Calle Zulueta hasta el Bacardì - La Habana
- Familias cubanas viven en un edificio declarado inhabitable en Zulueta
- La Habana para un Infante difunto: Cabrera Infante's Self Conscious Narrative
- Archive of Historic Havana
Calle Zulueta, Habana Q111082807