Old Havana General Data
OLD HAVANA GENERAL DATA
Name: Ciudad vieja de La Habana y su sistema de Fortificaciones / Old Havana and its Fortifications Year of Inscription: 1982 Inscription criteria: (iv) (v)
UNESCO Old Havana in the World Heritage List: http://whc.unesco.org/es/list/204
INSCRIPTION 1978: Inscription of the Historic Center of Old Havana as National Monument.
Resolution No. 3 of the National Commission of monuments. In 1978, the historic centre of Havana was declared as National Monument, as well as some buildings within their urban plan, in view of its exceptional historical, artistic or social value. http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/resolucion3.pdf
WORLD HERITAGE CITIES ORGANIZATION http://www.ovpm.org/en/cuba/havana
KNOWLEDGE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE
INVENTORIES ANS CATALOGUES
There are no archaeological maps of the city. They are presently being carried out.
OTHER CULTURAL PROPERTIES CATALOGUES
Cultural Estate in the Historic Center
(Not accesible through the web) Information from: Consejo Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural Calle 4 #810 esquina 13, Vedado Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. Tel.: (537) 3 4193 Fax: (537) 66 2106 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cubarte.cult.cu/patrim/index.html
http://www.cnpc.cult.cu/Legislacion/Registro%20de%20Bienes%20Culturales/index.htm
List of National Monuments of Havana, inscribed by the Comisión Nacional de Monumentos: (located only on Old Havana) City of Havana Province
Science Historic Museum "Carlos J. Finlay" Old Town of San Cristóbal de La Habana Birth Place de José Martí Yate Granma Inglaterra Hotel Locomotive "La Junta" Historic Acqueducts system
Local monuments insctibed by the Monuments Commission city province of the Havana
Art and literary high school of Regla, Regla Juan Manuel Márquez Birthplace, Playa Cave of the Virgin, Colina Villarreal Natural site Rincón of Guanabo House Quinta Rosell family, Ecological reserve La Coca, Eastern Havana
Areas of protection in Havana city (only those located in old Havana)
the highits, its environment and the Tallapiedra (area outside the walls)
PLANNING AND CONTROL
MANAGEMENT BODIES
- Ministry of Culture of Cuba (www.min.cult.cu) from which the following depend:
1) The National Commission of monuments
2) the Directorate of Cultural Heritage (dependent of the historian's Office) t
3) he national registry of cultural properies.
On the Management Plan of the old Havana, the management agents can be found in
http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/index.php/gestion-del-plan/actores
STATE NORMS - Law No. 1, Protection of Cultural Heritage Act, adopted by the Assembly of people's power on August 4, 1977. http://www.min.cult.cu/loader.php?sec=legislacion&cont=ley1
- Decree 118, Regulation for the implementation of the law on protection of Cultural Heritage, Council of Ministers of November 3, 1983. http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/decreto118.pdf - (1977) Law Nº 2. National and Local Monuments. Article 1. http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/ley2.pdf
- Decree 55, Regulation for the implementation of the law of National and Local monuments in 1979. http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/decreto55.pdf
- Regulation article 18 of Law No. 2 of National and local Monuments (1977). Archaeological finds. Through the Decree No. 55 (rules for the implementation of the law of national and local monuments in 1979) chapter 13 contains a series of requirements, specified in a comprehensive manner, (articles 74 to 85), which expose the rules to follow for intervention on archaeological sites.
http://www.parlamentocubano.cu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article& id=76:ley-no-2&catid=46:leyes&Itemid=79
OLD HAVANA MUNICIPALITY REGULATIONS
Decree Law 143, on the Office of the historian of the city of Havana, of (1993). Establishes Old Havana as a prioritized area for conservation http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/decreto-ley-143.pdf
- Resolution 175, 2004 from the MFP. http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/resolucion175.pdf
- Joint resolution, complementary norm on the special regime for dwellings, 1996. http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/resolucion-conjunta.pdf
- - Decree 21, de 1978, from the State Council. Regulates evryting concerning the Institute of Physiscal Planning. http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/decreto21.pdf
- Decree Law 216 of 2001 of the State Council, which included the traditional Malecon in the prioritized area for conservation. http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/decreto-ley-216.pdf
- Agreement 4942, of 2003 of the Committee Executive of the Council of Ministers, which included the Chinese neighborhood in the prioritized area for conservation. http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/acuerdo-4942.pdf - 5354 Agreement, which declared the Malecon, area of high interest for tourism and the Chinese neighborhood. - Resolution 294 of 2007 of the Ministry of Economy and Planning, on procedures that are transferred to the Office of the Historian. http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/resolucion294.pdf
TOURISM - 1995: Agreement 2951, proclaimING historic La Habana Vieja as 'Area of high significance for tourism'.
URBAN REGULATIONS http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/regulaciones.pdf
URBAN PLANS OF OLD HAVANA
- Master plan for Integral revitalization of Old Havana (created in 1994) and attached to the revitalization program of historical centres in Latin America of the AECID http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/
Brochure found at: http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/index.php/quienes-somos/44- Brochure
- Master plan of the Cabinet of Archaeology of the Office of the Historian. Old Havana is the subject of systematic study of subsoil, as well as the elevations. Selection of properties of high heritage value.
Master plan (2009). Section 3.9.9 (pp. 114-115). Articles 230, 231 and 233.
Plans in Old Havana since 1981 until today:
-Action Plan (Acuerdo 1494 del Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo de Ministros) http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/plandeaccion.pdf
- Internacional Campaign for safeguading the Plaza Vieja (UNESCO) http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/camp-int-pv-unesco.pdf
- Special Plan for Integral Development ( PEDI: 1998 - 2011, Avance ) http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/index.php/instrumentos/40-plan-especial
- Strategic Plan for the Historic Center ( 2001 ) http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/recursos/papel/documentos/planestrategico.pdf
ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE DIFFUSSION
TOURISM
Visitor guide at the Office of the Historian of the City: http://www.habananuestra.cu/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=6&Itemid= 31
MUSEUMS with archaeological content
Museums and House-museums managed by the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana in Old Havana which possess archaeological remains
- Museum of archaeology, tacón #12, halls of permanent exhibition: Colonial archaeology of the old Havana, underwater archaeology of the Bay of Havana, Aboriginal communities of Cuba, with important pre-Columbian America room with Peruvian, Mexican and Ecuadorian bjects and Mural painting http://www.ohch.cu/museos/museo-de-arqueologia/
- Museum of the City (Palacio de los Capitanes Generales) showing archaeological objects; http://www.ohch.cu/museos/museo-de-la-ciudad-y-templete/
- House of Asia: Asian (Far East) art collections that include weapons, decorative arts, costumes and relics http://www.ohch.cu/museos/casa-de-asia/
- Convent St. Francis of Assisi, presents among other works, archaeological findings from the convent;
-the Tobacco Museum, which highlights the idol of tobacco in Aboriginal stage, pipes found in archaeological excavations and lithographic stones; http://www.ohch.cu/museos/museo-del-tabaco/
- Perfume Museum exposes perfume bottles found in archaeological excavations and dating from the 19th century;
- Museum of Mural painting develops a cultural project of rescue, conservation and dissemination of the painting-archaeological heritage present in Cuban colonial real estate http://www.ohch.cu/museos/museo-de-la-pintura-mural/
VISITS Cultural Project on routes and walks (includes visits to archaeology Cabinet).
Activities of the Cabinet of Archaeology (OHCH): - cycles of lectures - monthly exhibition - guided visits - cooperation with parts - exhibitions - working with circles of grandparents, children and youth amateur archaeology - September 17, day of Archaeology in Cuba
ITC APPLIED TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE http://www.planmaestro.ohc.cu/patrimonio.php