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Caleta de San Lazaro
| Caleta de San Lázaro | |
|---|---|
 Caleta de San Lázaro | |
 | |
| Former names | Caleta de Juan Guillén |
| General information | |
| Status | Filled in in 1902 |
| Location | West of Centro Habana |
| Town or city | Havana |
| Country | Cuba |
| Coordinates | 23°08′31″N 82°22′17″W / 23.141832°N 82.371513°W |
Arcabuco was the name of a footpath starting in Old Havana, in the vicinity of the church of Loma del Ángel, and ran in a westerly direction to an inlet cove of approximately 93 metres (305 ft) wide and 5.5 metres (18 ft) in depth.[1] When Juan Guillén a Spanish soldier installed a carpentry shop to build small boats close to the cove the site became known as “La Caleta de Juan Guillén”, the road was known as “the caleta”.[2] Eventually the Hospital de San Lázaro, the Espada Cemetery, the San Dionisio mental asylum, and La Casa de Beneficencia were developed in close proximity to the Caleta de San Lazaro.
- ^ "MALECON – BATERIA DE LA REINA". Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "Calle de San Lázaro". Retrieved 2021-11-06.
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