Object description

Paseo del Prado, is a promenade in Havana, Cuba near the old city wall, and the division between Centro Habana and Old Havana. Technically, the Paseo del Prado includes the entire length of Paseo Martí approximately from the Malecon to Calle Máximo Gómez, the Fuente de la India fountain. The promenade has had several names, it was renamed Paseo de Martí in 1898 with the island's independence from Spain. Despite the historic references, the people of Havan simply call it "El Prado."