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Convento de Nuestra Señora de Belén
In order to create a hospital for convalescents, once more the Bishop Diego Avelino de Compostela donated his own orchard in San Diego and a part of his wealth to be used, along with the alms collected for such a charitable deed, on the construction of this convent, finished in 1718.
Iglesia de la Catedral (Cathedral Church)
The Iglesia de la Catedral (Cathedral Church) is the result of a turbulent long historical process that started on the first half of the 17th century. As early as 1658 the license to build a college and its church was requested from the king, because the inhabitants of Havana were in need of a higher education institution, since they couldn’t always go to Mexico or Spain. After some disagreements among the town council, the Society of Jesus –that would be in charge of running the institution– and the king himself, the last, in April, 1727 ordered the Society’s headquarters to be built on the well known spot of San Ignacio.
Iglesia de San Francisco de Paula (Saint Francis of Paula Church)
On the same spot where the Ermita del Calvario was first located, the Women´s Hospital of Saint Francis of Paula was built about 1667, as the last will of the priest Nicolás Estévez Borges, who donated all his possessions to the construction. Besides the hospital a church was also built.
Iglesia del Santo Angel Custodio (church)
It lies on one of the few and modest hills of the city, at first called Peña Pobre and then Loma del Ángel. The church was made by the Bishop Diego Avelino de Compostela. In the year of 1630 it was promoted to accesory parish.
Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Merced
Since 1638 several setbacks conspired against this convent being built, but finally, with help from the King Fernando VI its construction began in 1755
Convento de Santa Teresa de Jesus
This was the last of the convents established in Havana in the 18th century. Its founders were the Doctor of Medicine Francisco Moreno and his wife Ana Ladino. Both devoted great amounts of money from their personal wealth to the construction of the convent and the church.
Convento de Santa Clara de Asis
This was the first nunnery established in Havana. It came into existence due to the lack of an institution that allowed some town’s notables to give their daughters a proper religious education.
