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El Cristo de la Habana (sculpture of Jesus Christ in Havana) in a unique position at the photograph of the capital. Up the hill, entire urban area of Havana can be seen, and this giant sculpture in itself is culture.

In the harbor entrance on the left, there are some sites worth visiting, as the colonial fort San Carlos de La Cabaña, the people of the White House and the huge statue of Christ.

Sailors first thing they see with their boats while sailing near the Havana Bay is the lighthouse of El Morro fortress, and once you point the bow port is called your attention to the white figure stands like when someone gives a home.

The monument is part of a set that characterizes the entrance to what was the port, Carenas discovered by Spanish explorer Sebastian de Ocampo between 1508 and 1509.

It is built of marble Carrara (province of Tuscany, Italy), in contrast with the gray stone of four hundred years among the environment, such as the strengths of the Tres Reyes del Morro San Salvador Punta, La Fuerza Real and San Carlos de La Cabaña, the castles "which once used to defend Havana against the attacks of corsairs and pirates.

Christ was inaugurated December 25, 1958, seven days before the triumph of the Cuban Revolution and was built in Italy by the late sculptor Cuban Gilma Madera.

This is a picture of Jesus standing, one hand on his chest and the other place, like one who blesses and therefore face more the city of Havana from the top.

With a height of 20 meters above a foundation of three years, weighs 320 tons is composed of 67 pieces. If we consider the plan on the hill where it is, its height is about 51 meters above sea level.

City of Casablanca where the statue was once a fishing village and so gently help to complete the picture of this giant statue, interesting for believers and tourists passing through around the world.

This Christ was sculpted in Rome and blessed by the pope. During installation, the wood has been assisted by a team of 20 workers marble and each fragment was tight with tension steel for the central structure.

He is a legend that the limits of Fulgencio Batista overthrown by the revolution led by Fidel Castro. Legend has it that his wife Marta prayed for him during the attack failed on the Presidential Palace, March 13, 1957.

If he survived, she would have carved a statue similar to Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. But this legend is not true because the wood has won the competition to build the statue in 1956.

With the legends and myths, the site is really sacred, but most achievement is the magnificent view and especially the great bay from Havana to the navigation of small and large vessels, while being observed by the wooden Christ, who is also responsible for the capital, including the central region, said the World Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

Jose Mauricio is a Tailor-Made Cuba holiday specialist and has a vast experience in organizing holidays to Cuba. This is one of a series of articles devoted to promote the Cuban Culture and to give information on what to do and see in your Holidays to Cuba.

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