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Photo, Print, Drawing Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba

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About this Item

Title

  • Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba

Names

  • Ríos Szalay, Adalberto, photographer

Created / Published

  • 2015-06-03.

Headings

  • -  Cuba--Havana
  • -  Arches
  • -  Alleys
  • -  Castillo de los tres Reyes Magos
  • -  Juan Bautista Antonelli engineer
  • -  Morro
  • -  XVI century
  • -  Architecture
  • -  Colonial
  • -  Fortresses
  • -  Historical
  • -  Stone
  • -  Walls
  • -  Morro de La Habana
  • -  Castles

Headings

  • Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020.

Genre

  • Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020

Notes

  • -  Title, date, notes, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
  • -  El Castillo de los tres Reyes Magos del Morro is a fortress, emblematic of Havana, and is one of the best known images of Latin America. The fortification has origins in 1563 when a tower was built as a reference to the galleons. Guns were added by order of Philip II in 1589, to protect Havana as an strategic point of Spanish colony, against pirates and privateers. In 1762 the British severely damaged the lighthouse and fortification, allowing them to take the city by shooting 20,000 shells and bombs. In 1845 a lighthouse was installed according to the most advanced technology of the time with electricity which still works. Currently there are two restaurants and a bar, and the fortress serves for the realization of cultural events.
  • -  Note in Spanish: El castillo de los Santos Tres Reyes Magos del Morro es un emblema de la Habana de Cuba y una de las imágenes mas conocidas de America Latina. La fortificacion tiene origenes en 1563 cuando se construyo una torre que fue referencia para los galeones Despues se le adicionaron cañones. Por ordenes de Felipe II en 1589 se comenzaron las obras para proteger de piratas y corsarios a la Habana punto estrategico del regimen colonial español en America. En 1762 los Ingleses dañaron severamente el faro y fortificacion para tomar la ciudad utilizando 20 mil proyectiles y bombas. En 1845 se instalo un faro acorde a la mas avanzada teconologia de la epoca que ahora con electricidad sigue funcionando. En la actualidad cuenta con dos restaurantes un bar y sirve para la realización de actos culturales. El faro del castillo de morro es un icono de la ciudad se construyo en 1845 por ordenes del general Leopoldo O'Donnell se conserva su lampara original que tiene un alcance de 30 kms.
  • -  Photographer name from descriptions for photographs taken in same location or with same date range.
  • -  Purchase; Adalberto Rios Szalay; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:144).

Medium

  • 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LC-DIG-ppbd- 03928 [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Tres Rios photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022687129

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppbd-03928 (original digital file)

Rights Advisory

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  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Tres Ríos photograph collection," https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.791.rios
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppbd-03928 (original digital file)
  • Call Number: LC-DIG-ppbd- 03928 [P&P]
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Ríos Szalay, Adalberto, photographer. Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba. Havana Cuba, 2015. -06-03. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2022687129/.

APA citation style:

Ríos Szalay, A., photographer. (2015) Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba. Havana Cuba, 2015. -06-03. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2022687129/.

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Ríos Szalay, Adalberto, photographer. Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba. -06-03. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2022687129/>.