There is a model of Havana that catches the full splendor of the Cuban capital at a glance. Where is it?
A. The scaled-down model of Havana called the “maqueta”, is located in a building on 28th street between First and Third Avenues in Miramar. Visiting hours are from 10am to 6pm Tuesday thru Saturday. On entering the room, you feel like Gulliver in the land of the Lilliputians, because right there is the colossal city in miniature. The maqueta has a surface area of 140 square meters and is the second largest model in the world after the one of New York. The minutest details have been reproduced on a scale of 1/1000. The tiny buildings are colored differently depending on their construction dates. Those erected between the 16th and 19th centuries are colored brown, while those put up in the 20th century are colored ochre. The rest are ivory in color.
