{"id":329064,"date":"2025-09-30T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=329064"},"modified":"2025-09-30T06:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T10:12:43","slug":"havanas-sevillano-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havanas-sevillano-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Havana\u2019s Sevillano neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Sevillano neighborhood is located in the Diez de Octubre municipality of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/la-habana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Havana<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. It is not the best-known neighborhood in Havana, but it is one of the quietest and most well-preserved, although it has not escaped the impact of time and the crisis.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Neighboring other well-known neighborhoods such as La V\u00edbora, Sevillano also borders the Arroyo Naranjo municipality, from which it is separated by the railroad line. Covering nearly one square kilometer, it also borders other important arteries in the area, such as the Vento and Diez de Octubre thoroughfares, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/canaldigital\/galerias\/enfoco\/por-la-avenida-de-acosta-en-la-vibora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Avenida de Acosta<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sevillano_otm_1.jpg\" alt=\"The small castle in the Sevillano neighborhood, in the Havana municipality of Diez de Octubre. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The small castle in the Sevillano neighborhood, in the Havana municipality of Diez de Octubre. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/la-linea_otma_1.jpg\" alt=\"The old railroad line that serves as a border for the Sevillano neighborhood in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The old railroad line that serves as a border for the Sevillano neighborhood in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now a People\u2019s Council, the Sevillano neighborhood dates back to the first half of the 20th century and was initially conceived as a middle-class residential area, with comfortable homes and educational, healthcare and commercial centers for its residents.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It was not the most luxurious or wealthy neighborhood in Havana, but it was a peaceful and welcoming place, with parks such as C\u00f3rdoba Park and the one named after the neighborhood itself. The well-known Villa Marista was also built there, founded as a school and sanatorium by the Catholic congregation of the same name. It was later converted, and remains to this day, the State Security headquarters and detention center.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Parque-Sevillano_otm_1.jpg\" alt=\"Sevillano Park, in the Havana neighborhood of the same name. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sevillano Park, in the Havana neighborhood of the same name. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Escuela-Andres-Gonzales-Lines2_otm2025.jpg\" alt=\"Andr\u00e9s Gonz\u00e1les Lines Elementary School, in the Sevillano neighborhood in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andr\u00e9s Gonz\u00e1les Lines Elementary School, in the Sevillano neighborhood in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Buildings in good condition, remnants of its former splendor, still survive. Sevillano today also exhibits the effects of the island\u2019s prolonged economic crisis. It\u2019s not just cracks in walls, sidewalks and pavements, but also traces of institutional and social neglect, such as the stinking garbage that piles up on some streets and corners.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Photojournalist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/author\/otmarorodriguez1\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> visited this Havana neighborhood a few days ago on one of his regular tours of the Cuban capital. And this is how he shows it to us now, with its lights and shadows, its wounds and emblematic places, and its daily hustle and bustle in the midst of the crisis.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Estatua-Emilia-Cordoba_Otma_1.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of Emilia C\u00f3rdoba in the park of the same name, in Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Statue of Emilia C\u00f3rdoba in the park of the same name, in Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Parque-Cordoba_Otma_1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman connects to the internet in C\u00f3rdoba Park, in Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman connects to the internet in C\u00f3rdoba Park, in Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Luchando_otma_1.jpg\" alt=\"Street cleaner in Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Street cleaner in Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sevillano_otm_4.jpg\" alt=\"Coconut vendor in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coconut vendor in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Carretillero_otma_1.jpg\" alt=\"Agricultural produce vendor in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agricultural produce vendor in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/El-coche_otma_1.jpg\" alt=\"A horse-drawn cart travels along Gertrudis Street, in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A horse-drawn cart travels along Gertrudis Street, in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Materias-Primas_otma_1.jpg\" alt=\"Raw material collector in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raw material collector in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sevillano_otm_8.jpg\" alt=\"Homes in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homes in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sevillano_otm_6.jpg\" alt=\"Humble houses in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Humble houses in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/La-Mesa_otma_1.jpg\" alt=\"A workbench outside a house in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A workbench outside a house in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sevillano_otm_3.jpg\" alt=\"Church in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\u00a0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church in the Sevillano neighborhood. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eladio-Cid_Otm_1.jpg\" alt=\"Former Atl\u00e9tico, now Combinado Eladio Cid, in the expansion of Sevillano, in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Atl\u00e9tico, now Combinado Eladio Cid, in the expansion of Sevillano, in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initially conceived as a middle-class residential area, this Havana neighborhood still retains vestiges of its former self, but also the effects of time and the crisis. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3134,"featured_media":329068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13902,13908],"tags":[34598,14872],"ppma_author":[33546],"class_list":["post-329064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba","category-society-cuba","tag-architecture-havana","tag-havana"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Havana\u2019s Sevillano neighborhood | OnCubaNews English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Sevillano neighborhood is located in the Diez de Octubre municipality of Havana. 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