Hotel Sevilla
Sevilla Habana Affiliated by Meliá | |
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General information | |
Location | Calle Trocadero #55, Entre Prado y Zulueta Havana, Cuba |
Opening | March 22, 1908 |
Management | Meliá Hotels International |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 10 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | José Troya, Antonio Rodríguez and José Rodríguez, Schultze & Weaver |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 178 |
The Sevilla Habana Affiliated by Meliá is a historic hotel in Havana, Cuba.
History
The Hotel Sevilla opened on March 22, 1908.[1] It was a four-story Moorish Revival structure, designed by architects Arellano y Mendoza on, located on Calle Trocadero, next to the Paseo del Prado, between the Malecón and Parque Central. The Sevilla was bought by John McEntee Bowman and Charles Francis Flynn in 1919 and renamed the Hotel Sevilla-Biltmore. In 1924, Bowman-Biltmore Hotels constructed a huge ten-story tower wing, with a rooftop ballroom, designed by noted New York architects Schultze & Weaver.
In 1939, the Sevilla-Biltmore was purchased by Italian-Uruguayan mobster
The Sevilla-Biltmore was featured in
Today, the hotel is owned by the Cuban state-run Gran Caribe hotel group. The French
In 2023, the hotel joined the Spanish Meliá Hotels International chain[7] as Sevilla Habana Affiliated by Meliá.
In Popular Culture
The hotel is mentioned in
See also
References
- ^ a b "hotel sevilla cuba - a Centennial Hotel in Old Havana city". Hotelsevillacuba.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ Batista and Regime Flee Cuba; Castro Moving to Take Power; Mobs Riot and Loot in Havana, The New York Times, January 2, 1959
- ^ Moruzzi, Peter (10 December 2011). "Family Feud: Havana vs. Las Vegas in the 1950s. Part 2". Petermouruzzi.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Havana staying as it was". Otago Daily Times Online News. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "The Role of the United States in the Cuban Economy". Ascecuba.org. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Cuba's 1st US Standard-Based 4-5 Star/4-5 Diamond Rated Hotel May Arrive In June". U.S. - Cuba Trade and Economic Council, Inc. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Meliá Starts a New Chapter in Cuba, Driven by the Island's Recovery, and Introduces New Lifestyle Experiences".
- ^ "Meeting Between Michael Corleone And Hyman Roth - The Godfather 2 (1974)" – via www.youtube.com.
External links
- Sevilla Habana Affiliated by Meliá official website
- Digital Photographic Archive of Historic Havana
- Hotel Sevilla fan website
- Hotel Sevilla cubaism.com
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