Cathedral of Havana

Picture by rcuello


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  • October 14, 2011
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30
  • Shooting Style Tripod
  • Shoots Number Multiple Exposure
  • Exposures Number -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
  • Editing Software Photomatix Pro / Photoshop
  • File Format RAW
  • Notes
Cathedral catedral habana havana

7 Comments

14 Oct 00:58
rcuello

The Catedral de la Virgen María de la Concepción Inmaculada de La Habana (Cathedral of The Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception) is a Roman Catholic Cathedral and is the seat of Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, the Cardinal Archbishop of Havana, Cuba. It was constructed by Jesuits (1748–77) on the site of an earlier church. It is also dedicated to Saint Christopher (San Cristóbal), thus it is sometimes dubbed as Cathedral of Saint Christopher. Set in the former Plaza de La Ciénaga or Swamp Plaza, the Cathedral is said to be the only example of a baroque facade that was designed with asymmetrical features - one of the towers is wider than the other. This particular feature was conceived in order to allow the water that tended to accumulate on the plaza to freely flow through the streets during the colonial period, when it was built. Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier famously described the Cathedral as "music set in stone". It is the most prominent building on the Plaza de la Catedral, in Old Havana.

14 Oct 03:02
cloudberry

Beautiful Catholic Cathedral.

14 Oct 09:56
pandarino

incantevole

14 Oct 10:23
iciworm

Great shot, great process.

14 Oct 10:40
mau67

sarebbe 10 ma la chiesa non è centrata e le porte sono tagliate,peccato!

14 Oct 11:57
susank

Great work! Cuba was recently opened for American visitors. I hope to get there one day to get some nice photos like this!

14 Oct 13:36
thtl

Exceellent details. The part of sky on along the outline of the cathedral looks a bit strange - looked like halo but not quite.

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