
{"id":268294,"date":"2023-04-18T17:38:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T21:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=268294"},"modified":"2023-04-18T17:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T21:38:40","slug":"prado-havana-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/prado-havana-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning to the Prado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Prado is, without a doubt, one of <a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/la-habana\/\"><strong>Havana<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s emblematic places. Its spacious promenade, with its marble benches, its lampposts and its iconic bronze lions, is a regular meeting and resting place, for recreation and merchandising and other city exchanges.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous locals and tourists parade through the Prado every day. Both young and old come together, people taking shelter from the sun and the heat of the day, couples looking for a moment of solitude \u2014 even in the sight of many \u2014, people trying to sell or swap their houses, and neighbors who take over the place as part of their environment, of their daily life.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268297\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_21-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268297\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_21-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_21-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_21-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_21-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_21-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_21-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_21-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_21-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paseo del Prado, in Havana. In the photo, a point where people meet to sell, buy or swap homes. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The promenade is a place frequented by artisans, creators who offer their paintings, carvings, textiles and other works to foreign visitors and local passersby. As it is for children and teenagers who retrace it from one side to another, who overwhelm it with their games and races, both on foot and on skateboards.<\/p>\n<p>All this activity has returned, for good, after the impasse of the pandemic. Then, especially at the most critical moments, the tourists and the carefree walkers, the silent lovers and the children with their noise and antics disappeared. But little by little everything has been returning to normal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268298\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_15-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268298\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_15-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_15-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_15-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_15-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_15-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_15-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_15-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_15-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two women make crafts on Paseo del Prado, in Havana, for sale on the spot. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Urban border between Centro Habana and Old Havana, the Prado, however, is more than its iconic promenade. It is actually an extensive avenue 2 kilometers long, built at the end of the 18th century and transformed several times throughout its history.<\/p>\n<p>Although the promenade is its most recognizable face, the artery actually begins before, at the Fuente de la India and in front of the central Parque de la Fraternidad, and extends to Havana Malec\u00f3n, passing through the esplanade of the Capitol and the Parque Central, with its monumental sculpture of Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268299\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268299\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_29-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268299\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_29-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_29-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_29-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_29-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_29-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_29-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_29-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_29-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parque Central, in the Paseo\u2019s surroundings, in Havana. On February 22, 1889, the people of Havana enjoyed electricity for the first time in this place. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Its surroundings include unique buildings of the Cuban capital, such as the Capitol and the Grand Theater of Havana, and hotels such as the Inglaterra, the wreckage of the Saratoga, the Parque Central and the luxurious Grand Packard. In addition, in its surroundings there are monuments, colonial fortifications, schools, businesses and institutions; everyday places for walkers, but historical roots many times forgotten, unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>Our photojournalist Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez proposes to bring us closer to several of them. His images offer a contemporary look at this unique place in the capital and confirm the life that surrounds it and the values, not all of them equally well known and preserved, that exalt it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268300\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_28-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268300\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_28-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_28-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_28-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_28-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_28-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_28-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_28-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_28-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Capitol, building built in 1929, in the surroundings of the Havana Prado. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268301\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_12-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268301\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_12-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_12-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_12-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_12-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_12-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_12-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_12-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_12-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This place was known as Los Aires Libres del Prado. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268302\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_10-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268302\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_10-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_10-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_10-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_10-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_10-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_10-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_10-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_10-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba, in the Prado area affected by the explosion of the Saratoga Hotel in May 2022. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268303\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_14-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268303\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_14-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_14-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_14-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_14-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_14-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_14-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_14-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_14-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction project for the Pasaje Hotel, next to the old Payret Theatre. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268304\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_27-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268304\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_27-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_27-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_27-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_27-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_27-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_27-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_27-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_27-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Galician Center, today the Alicia Alonso Grand Theater of Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268305\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_26-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268305\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_26-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_26-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_26-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_26-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_26-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_26-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_26-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_26-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tourists in front of the Inglaterra Hotel, in the surroundings of the Prado, in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268306\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_16-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268306\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_16-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_16-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_16-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_16-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_16-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_16-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_16-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_16-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Casa Guerlain perfumery, in the Prado in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268307\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_19-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268307\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_19-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_19-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_19-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_19-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_19-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_19-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_19-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_19-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time and neglect have taken their toll on some lampposts on the Paseo del Prado. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268308\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_20-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268308\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_20-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_20-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_20-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_20-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_20-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_20-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_20-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_20-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrance of a former Ortodoxo party premises, in the surroundings of the Paseo del Prado, in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268309\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_24-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268309\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_24-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_24-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_24-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_24-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_24-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_24-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_24-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_24-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some buildings in poor condition in the surroundings of Paseo del Prado, in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268310\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_25-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268310\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_25-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_25-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_25-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_25-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_25-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_25-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_25-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_25-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former El Jerezano Hotel, an exponent of Mudejar art. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268311\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_32-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268311\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_32-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_32-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_32-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_32-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_32-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_32-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_32-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_32-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People in Paseo del Prado, in Havana, behind, the Sevilla Hotel, founded in 1908. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268312\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_36-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268312\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_36-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_36-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_36-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_36-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_36-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_36-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_36-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_36-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young woman writes on the marble of a bench on the Paseo del Prado, together with other young people. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268313\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_35-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268313\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_35-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_35-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_35-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_35-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_35-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_35-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_35-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_35-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The use of skates, skateboards has deteriorated the floor of the Paseo del Prado. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268314\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_33-_Otm-1024x731-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-268314\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_33-_Otm-1024x731-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_33-_Otm-1024x731-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_33-_Otm-1024x731-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_33-_Otm-1024x731-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_33-_Otm-1024x731-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_33-_Otm-1024x731-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_33-_Otm-1024x731-1-750x535.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young people riding skateboards in the Paseo del Prado, in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268315\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_37-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268315\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_37-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_37-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_37-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_37-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_37-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_37-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_37-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_37-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this place, in the surroundings of the Paseo del Prado, Doctor Carlos J. Finlay carried out the first experimental demonstrative tests on the transmission of yellow fever. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268316\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_39-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268316\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_39-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_39-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_39-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_39-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_39-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_39-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_39-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_39-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former premises of the Prado movie theater. It was also a TV school. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268317\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_34-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268317\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_34-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_34-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_34-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_34-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_34-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_34-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_34-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_34-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tourists and other people in the Paseo del Prado, in Havana. On the right, the Iberostar Grand Packard Hotel. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268318\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_40-_Otm-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268318\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_40-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_40-_Otm-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_40-_Otm-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_40-_Otm-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_40-_Otm-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_40-_Otm-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_40-_Otm-1-750x536.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Prado_40-_Otm-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monument to poet and martyr Juan Clemente Zenea, Paseo del Prado, Havana. 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