Located on the high promontory across the harbor from Old Havana, Morro Castle was built in 1589 to guard the entrance to Havana Bay. It is one of the city’s best known symbols and can be seen from miles away. The castle had a watchtower until the British destroyed it during their 1762 siege of Havana.

The Faro Castillo del Morro lighthouse was built in 1846. El Morro used to house a lighthouse keepers’ school and today contains an exhibition on Cuban lighthouses. The cannons placed around the fortifications are in bad shape as they are rusted and neglected, but the walls are well preserved. The central barracks are four stories high and house a small exhibition on underwater archeology. There is a small turret at the end of the wall with spectacular views of the bay and sea pounding the rocky coast below. Tel.

Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, Havana, Cuba, Phone: 537-861-9727

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