Barrio de San Lázaro, Havana

Barrio de San Lázaro is one of the first neighbourhoods in Havana, Cuba. It initially occupied the area bounded by Calle Infanta to the west, Calle Zanja to the south, Calle Belascoáin to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the north, forming the western edge of Centro Habana. According to the 1855 Ordenanzas Municipales of the city of Havana, Barrio San Lázaro was the Tercer Distrito (Third District) and was Barrio No. 8.

Barrio de San Lázaro
Malecón, San Lázaro and Belascoáin: Vista Alegre Café, Hotel Manhattan by Purdy and Henderson, Engineers, La Casa de Beneficencia. ca 1951.
General information
StatusActive
TypeNeighborhood
LocationWard of Cayo Hueso, in the West of Centro Habana
Town or cityHavana
CountryCuba
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