Considered today the heart of the Cuban capital, the neighborhood of El Vedado belongs to the Plaza de la Revolución municipality, north of Havana and is considered the modern part of the city.
Its origins date back to the end of the 19th century and its construction meant the end of the extensive forests that used to occupy an old, forbidden, country territory. In principle, it was conceived as a residential area for the Creole bourgeoisie, with an architecture of great diversity of styles, ranging from neoclassical to eclectic and that can still be enjoyed in its streets.
Some of the places to visit in this neighborhood are the giant Plaza de la Revolución with the José Martí Memorial, the Napoleonic Museum, the University of Havana and the Necropolis of Christopher Columbus, and the Malecón de La Habana, which is in its mostly in this neighborhood.