Segundo Cabo Palace, Old Havana
Feel like royalty at the elegant Palacio del Segundo Cabo (Segundo Cabo Palace) in Old Havana, Cuba
Segundo Cabo Palace, Old Havana
© Pierre Langlois
The Palacio del Segundo Cabo (Segundo Cabo Palace) is the tallest building in the Plaza de Armas in Old Havana. Its neoclassical details, columns, and semicircular arches make it stand out among its neighbors, which includes the Palacio de los Capitanes Generales (General Captains Palace).
Segundo Cabo Palace
© JC Castro
The palace began construction in 1772, two years after the Palacio de los Capitanes Generales had begun its own. Spanish architect Don Antonio Fernández de Trebejos y Zaldívar headed the Spanish initiative meant to improve the environment surrounding the Plaza de Armas.
The palace was initially built to serve as the Casa de Administración de Correos (Post Office Administration), but, like many other buildings in Havana, it adapted to the city’s needs. The Palacio del Segundo Cabo (Segundo Cabo Palace) was used as an office for the secretary, the mayor, and as a home for the Deputy Inspector General, Segundo Cabo. It is from this Deputy inspector, that the palace acquires its name.
In 2008 the palace was restored. However, the restoration did not affect any of the palace’s features as it mainly sought to deal with the cracks the humidity of the sea had caused. Visitors can still enjoy the palaces’s original beauty. The palace’s central courtyard embodies all of the traditional peculiarities of the Spanish Andalusian patio-style and exudes vegetation. And, on the inside, visitors can step into grand ceremonial rooms and offices.
Today, the palace hosts exhibitions that demonstrate the relationship between Cuba and Europe as well as socio-cultural and scientific events. It also offers educational activities for children, adolescents, and adults.
More Information:
Location:
Plaza de Armas, La Habana Vieja, Cuba.
Opening Times:
Monday to Saturday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm 18:00.
Ticket Price:
1 CUC
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Havana:
Old Havana
- Cathedral Square
- Havana Cathedral
- Conde de Lombillo Palace
- Palace of the Marqués de Arcos
- Marqueses de Aguas Claras Palace
- Mural Art Museum
- Museum of Colonial Art
- Callejón del Chorro Alleyway
- La Bodeguita del Medio
- Plaza de Armas Square
- Segundo Cabo Palace
- City Museum
- La Real Fuerza Castle
- Navigation Museum
- El Templete
- Cuban Natural History Museum
- Mercaderes Street
- Tobacco Museum
- Model Museum of Old Havana
- Asia House Museum
- Simón Bolívar House Museum
- Casa de la Obra Pía Museum
- Museo Casa de África (Africa House Museum)
- Oswaldo Guayasamín House Museum
- Museo Armería 9 de Abril (Armory Museum April 9)
- Museo de los Bomberos (Firefighters Museum)
- Museo del Chocolate (Chocolate Museum)
- Obispo Street
- Museo de la Orfebrería (Silversmithing Museum)
- Museo de Pintura Mural (Mural Art Museum)
- 28 de Septiembre de los CDR Museum
- Museo Numismático (Numismatic Museum)
- Museo Casa de México Benito Juárez (Benito Juárez House of México Museum)
- Museo de la Farmacia Habanera (Havana Pharmacy Museum)
- San Francisco de Asís Square
- San Francisco de Asís Church
- Museum of Religious Art and History in Old Havana
- Automobile Museum
- Old Town Square
- Centro de Arte La Casona (La Casona Art Center)
- Fototeca de Cuba (Cuban Photo Library)
- Planetarium of Havana
- Naipes Museum
- Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center
- Casa Alejandro de Humboldt Museum
- Museo del Ron (Rum Museum)
- Nuestra Señora de Kazán Orthodox Cathedral
- Bacardi Building
- Plaza del Cristo
- Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje Church
- Santo Ángel Custodio Church
- Iglesia Parroquial del Espíritu Santo (Church of the Holy Spirit)
- Santa Clara Convent
- Convento de Belén (Belén Convent)
- Iglesia de San Francisco de Paula (San Francisco de Paula Church)
- Casa Natal de José Martí Museum
Centro Habana
- Capitolio Nacional de Cuba
- Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso
- Paseo Martí
- Museo de la Revolución
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
- Real Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás
- San Salvador de la Punta Castle
- Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
- Hotel Inglaterra
- Havana's Chinatown
- Parque de la Fraternidad
- Fuente de la India
- Monumento a Máximo Gómez
- Casa Museo José Lezama Lima
Vedado
- El Malecón
- Cabaret Parisien
- Hotel Habana Libre
- Cementerio Colón
- Hotel Nacional de Cuba
- University of Havana
- Teatro Nacional de Cuba
- Avenida de los Presidentes
- Revolution Square
- Napoleonic Museum
- Museo Napoleónico
- Casa de las Américas
- Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
- Parque John Lennon
- Museo de Historia Natural Felipe Poey
- Museo Antropológico Montané
- Monumento a Julio Antonio Mella
- Edificio Focsa
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