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Arco de Belén, Havana

Coordinates: 23°07′56″N 82°21′09″W / 23.1323°N 82.3526°W / 23.1323; -82.3526
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Arco de Belén
view from the west, ca 1921
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General information
AddressNo. 307 Calle Acosta
Town or cityHavana
CountryCuba
Coordinates23°07′56″N 82°21′09″W / 23.1323°N 82.3526°W / 23.1323; -82.3526
Opened1772
Height
Top floor8 meters
Technical details
Structural systemArch
Floor count1
Known forAcosta street passage

The Arco de Belén was built by Pedro Medina in 1775 and was part of the Convent and Church of Nuestra Señora de Belén located on Calle Acosta in Havana. It is a short tunnel that characterizes the location.

The old Convent of Nuestra Señora de Belén is the first baroque building in Old Havana. It was completed in 1718 and directed by the Order of Bethlemites.

The Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, moved from Havana to Miami after Fidel coup, was created in the mid 19th century in the facilities of the Convent of Belén of Havana.

Currently it houses a residence for the elderly financed by the Office of the Historian of Old Havana.

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