Museo de la Ciudad in Havana

The Museo de la Ciudad is housed in the Palacio de los Capitanes Generales and located on the lovely Plaza de Armas with its bookstalls

It was built between 1776 and 1791 to 1899 and was the headquarters of the Spanish governors

Then it was the official residence of the President of the Republic to 1920 and the town hall until 1967

The building features a magnificent colonnade

If epitome of sophistication was on the front of the house the road paved with wooden pavers so there would be no sound of passing carriages

At the middle of the courtyard is a statue of Christopher Columbus from the nineteenth century

The ground floor was used as storage

The mezzanine was for the servants and the first floor was for the residents

Here you can see beautiful porcelain, tapestries, chandeliers and furniture in Louis XV style