O' Reilly street sign in the old town of Havana,Cuba

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Havana is based around the largest natural port in the Caribbean. It was founded in 1519 and became the capital of Cuba in 1558. It grew rapidly as a major Spanish port in the New World despite attacks by pirates. Havana Viejo or Old Havana is full of narrow streets, colonial buildings and mansions, cobblestone squares ,old churches and sixteenth century forts. the street sign shows the twinning of two islands Ireland and Cuba

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Size: 5400px × 3600px
Photo credit: © Ian Nellist / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: america, century, cobblestone, colonial, cuba, havana, heritage, irish, island, latin, reilly, sign, sixteenth, spanish, square, street, struggle, town, twinning, world, writing