
{"id":272889,"date":"2023-07-16T12:17:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T16:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=272889"},"modified":"2023-10-12T14:41:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T18:41:43","slug":"along-san-lazaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/oncuba-media-en\/along-san-lazaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Along San L\u00e1zaro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The car slows down at the sign made by the potential passenger. \u201cGoing to San L\u00e1zaro, driver?\u201d asks a girl on 23rd Street, close to the corner of M, in Havana\u2019s Vedado. The car is one of those baptized long ago as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">almendrones<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. &#8220;It\u2019s 100 pesos to Prado,&#8221; the taxi driver blurts out lightly. She shrugs resignedly and gets in.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272891\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-5-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272891\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage cars in Havana\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-5-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-5-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-5-1-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-5-1-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-5-1-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-5-1-750x487.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-5-1-1140x740.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traffic in San L\u00e1zaro. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was in the same place, with the same goal: to get to Old Havana. But I decided not to board the vehicle. I felt displaced when hearing how much the trip cost. I belong to the era of the section in an <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">almendr\u00f3n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at 10 pesos. I have been in Cuba for less than a week and I am still lost in the face of the resounding rise in the price of goods and services in the country. So, since I wasn\u2019t in a hurry, I started walking in the direction of San L\u00e1zaro. After all, I had all the time in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272892\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272892\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-15-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272892\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-15-1.jpg\" alt=\"University of Havana\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-15-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-15-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-15-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-15-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-15-1-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-15-1-750x497.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-15-1-1140x755.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">University of Havana. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once on the avenue, I walked and walked while taking photos. A couple of hours later, I had covered the 21 blocks that make up San L\u00e1zaro and, except for the heat, I would not have noticed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The countless times that I have retraced San L\u00e1zaro were always in the midst of hustle and bustle. In the comings and goings of everyday life, San L\u00e1zaro was just a place of passage.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272893\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-16-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272893\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-16-1.jpg\" alt=\"Monument that preserves Julio Mella\u2019s ashes\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-16-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-16-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-16-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-16-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-16-1-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-16-1-750x497.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-16-1-1140x755.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monument that preserves Julio Mella\u2019s ashes. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I never paid attention to details, for example, that the avenue passes through three municipalities of the Cuban capital. Part of Plaza de la Revoluci\u00f3n, at the foot of the steps of the University of Havana, in the small square that protects Mella\u2019s ashes; It crosses Infanta Avenue, where Los M\u00e1rtires Park is; it borders Centro Habana, parallel to the Malec\u00f3n and even flirts with Old Havana, at the Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta, at the beginning of Paseo del Prado and in front of the monument dedicated to the medical students shot in 1871.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272894\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-14-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272894\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-14-1.jpg\" alt=\"Crossing San L\u00e1zaro\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-14-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-14-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-14-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-14-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-14-1-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-14-1-750x497.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-14-1-1140x755.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crossing San L\u00e1zaro. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As you go along, San L\u00e1zaro has the peculiarity of changing its appearance. A few first blocks with trees; then the landscape clears up and on one side the Antonio Maceo Park, with the equestrian statue of Maceo, the Bronze Titan, and, in front, the magnificence of a giant sentinel like the Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, one of the highest in the capital. And next door, neighboring, as if lost, the La Inmaculada Church.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272895\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-21-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272895\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-21-1.jpg\" alt=\"Havana building\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-21-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-21-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-21-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-21-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-21-1-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-21-1-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-21-1-1140x761.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Architectural details. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272896\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-12-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272896\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-12-1.jpg\" alt=\"Old car and landscapes of Havana\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-12-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-12-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-12-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-12-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-12-1-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-12-1-750x497.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-12-1-1140x755.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maceo Park. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The architecture of the street is a journey through time. We move from the 18th to the 19th century, when the area began to be populated, and we come to an end in the 20th. The urban landscape of this part of Havana is impressive, much of which today is submerged in ruins.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272897\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-04-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272897\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-04-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Old man sitting in a doorway in Havana\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-04-scaled-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-04-scaled-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-04-scaled-1-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-04-scaled-1-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-04-scaled-1-1536x918.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-04-scaled-1-750x448.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-04-scaled-1-1140x682.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In San L\u00e1zaro, Havana. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Throughout history the avenue has had various names. San L\u00e1zaro because of the leper colony inaugurated in 1746 in the vicinity of what is now Maceo Park. However, they officially named it Calle Ancha del Norte. It was also popularly called El Basurero. In 1905 it was renamed Avenida de Maceo by agreement of the Havana City Council. But the name did not last long; in less than five years they renamed it Avenida de la Rep\u00fablica.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring, the first City of Havana Historian, called attention to the authorities so that it could recover its traditional and best-known name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272898\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-7-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272898\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-7-1.jpg\" alt=\"Buildings of Centro Habana\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-7-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-7-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-7-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-7-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-7-1-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-7-1-750x497.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-7-1-1140x755.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corner of San L\u00e1zaro. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272899\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-17-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272899\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-17-1.jpg\" alt=\"Architectural heritage in San L\u00e1zaro, Havana\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-17-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-17-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-17-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-17-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-17-1-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-17-1-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-17-1-1140x761.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Architectural heritage in San L\u00e1zaro, Havana. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272900\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-18-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272900\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-18-1.jpg\" alt=\"Havana buildings\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-18-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-18-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-18-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-18-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-18-1-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-18-1-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-18-1-1140x761.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking at San L\u00e1zaro. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It could be said that San L\u00e1zaro avenue was born busy. Nearby, the Espada cemetery was founded in 1806, the first in Havana. In this way, for many years, funeral processions from the humblest to the most pompous paraded down that street.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272901\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272901\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"Havana buildings\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-4-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-4-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-4-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-4-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-4-1-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-4-1-750x498.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-4-1-1140x757.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For years this image of Che has become a trademark of the avenue. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272902\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-02-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272902\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-02-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Havana buildings\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-02-scaled-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-02-scaled-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-02-scaled-1-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-02-scaled-1-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-02-scaled-1-1536x1039.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-02-scaled-1-750x507.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-02-scaled-1-1140x771.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A neighbor of San L\u00e1raro. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was also a very popular recreation spot. On the coast, before the boardwalk was built, there was an entire infrastructure for summer vacations, with the facilities known as La Punta, Recreo, and Beneficencia. They called it sea baths.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272903\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-03-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272903\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-03-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fisher moves a polyfoam raft\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-03-scaled-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-03-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-03-scaled-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-03-scaled-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-03-scaled-1-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-03-scaled-1-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-03-scaled-1-1140x761.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fisher moves a polyfoam raft. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the development and expansion of the city, San L\u00e1zaro started gaining in importance. Commercial and service activity enlivened the area of art deco family buildings. Commercial establishments were concentrated between Belascoa\u00edn and Galiano streets. In the same way, a network of stores was set up, especially haute couture clothing, such as El Encanto, and hotels in several blocks that went from San L\u00e1zaro itself to Neptuno Street.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272904\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-01-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272904\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-01-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Havana buildings\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-01-scaled-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-01-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-01-scaled-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-01-scaled-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-01-scaled-1-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-01-scaled-1-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-fotos-Kaloian-01-scaled-1-1140x761.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the road you can see buildings from different eras coexist. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272905\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/san-lazaro-kaloian-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272905\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/san-lazaro-kaloian-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Demolition of a building in Centro Habana\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/san-lazaro-kaloian-scaled-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/san-lazaro-kaloian-scaled-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/san-lazaro-kaloian-scaled-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/san-lazaro-kaloian-scaled-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/san-lazaro-kaloian-scaled-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/san-lazaro-kaloian-scaled-1-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/san-lazaro-kaloian-scaled-1-1140x855.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Architectural deterioration in San L\u00e1zaro. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The architect Miguel Coyula, in an article titled \u201cCentro Habana, al margen del centro,\u201d explains the rise and fall of this area, which has in San L\u00e1zaro one of its main arteries:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the first half of the 20th century, Centro Habana became the great commercial center of the entire city, with large U.S.-style department stores that replaced the small European-style stores of the old walled area. The streets, with double-height arcades for pedestrians, were the main center of expansion of the city outside the walls. They formed a system of linear centers that both separated and joined sectors where housing predominated, although with a rich mix of functions and social layers, ranging from rental housing for a ubiquitous lower middle class to substandard housing for workers and marginal people \u2014 citadels and rooms for rent \u2014 masked behind classical facades. In the sectors delimited by the avenues, the corner had the double role of offering daily services and a meeting place for the residents of the block. The Malec\u00f3n was the portal to Centro Habana, making up for the lack of greenery that made it an island of heat. This centrality has been badly hit by the scarcity of offers, physical and moral deterioration, loss of functions, the improvised conversion of stores into caricatures of homes, and generalized distortions that have impoverished the urban image.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272906\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-10-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272906\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-10-1.jpg\" alt=\"San L\u00e1saro street in Havana\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-10-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-10-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-10-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-10-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-10-1-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-10-1-750x497.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/San-Lazaro-Kaloian-10-1-1140x755.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San L\u00e1zaro, Havana. Photo: Kaloian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In these photos, the nuances that I found in my walk through the well-known Havana avenue. In a certain way, it is passing through a little piece of Cuba by the hand of the miraculous saint himself; also known as Babal\u00fa Ay\u00e9, the most revered religious figure in Cuba after Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre. Cubans make the most dissimilar promises to this saint who walks on crutches with his wounds and his dogs, and invoke him to grant them health. And miracles, of course. Many miracles, like those longed for on this street.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nuances that I found in a walk along the well-known avenue; passing through a little piece of Cuba by the hand of the miraculous saint himself that gives it its name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3262,"featured_media":272907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13902,57],"tags":[34661,34660],"ppma_author":[33930],"class_list":["post-272889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba","category-oncuba-media-en","tag-crisis-in-cuba","tag-havana-streets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Along San L\u00e1zaro | OnCubaNews English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The countless times that I have retraced San L\u00e1zaro were always in the midst of hustle and bustle. 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