El Templete Explained

El Templete
Mapframe-Zoom:	15
Building Type:	Memorial
Architectural Style:	Neo-classical
Location:	Havana Vieja
Location City:	Ciudad de La Habana
Coordinates:	23.1405°N -82.349°W
Material:	Stone

El Templete is a monument to the initial mass of San Cristóbal de la Habana celebrated on November 16, 1519.^{[1] [2]}

Jean Baptiste Vermay painted the interior of the monument.^[3]

See also

• La Alameda de Paula, Havana

External links

• Jean-Baptiste Vermay, El Templete interior
• Restauración del Templete (Spanish)
• Archive of Historic Havana

Notes and References

1. Web site: El Templete. 2018-10-06. 2020-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20200711113405/http://www.lahabana.com/guide/el-templete-sight/. dead.
2. Web site: Templete: genesis of a city. 2018-10-07. 2020-07-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710192231/https://www.inhavana.net/templete-genesis-of-a-city-old-havana-cuba/. dead.
3. Niell . Paul . August 2012 . Founding the Academy of San Alejandro and the Politics of Taste in Late Colonial Havana, Cuba . Colonial Latin American Review . 10.1080/10609164.2012.695628.