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Wednesday, 6 November 2013

The Camera Obscura in Havana is the only one of its kind in Latin America and the Caribbean


On a corner of the Plaza Vieja, in Old Havana, you can find the "Camara Oscura" which is located on the top floor of the Gómez Vila building from the beginning of the twentieth century


The Camera Obscura is a gift of Cadiz in Spain

It`s the only one in Latin America and the Caribbean and is
one of 74 worldwide



You can watch the outside world indoors without anyone noticing



On the roof terrace you have a nice view on the Plaza Vieja and Havana











A camera obscura (Latin for dark room) is a darkened room in which a small hole is made with a lens

The incident light casts an image of the outside world on the hollow dish

The outside world is upside depicted

Before the photosensitive plate was discovered (around 1800) the camera obscura was a fairground attraction




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