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Havana
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Havana was originally as a trading port, and became the capital
of the Spanish colony of Cuba in 1607, and the main port of
the Spanish colonies in the New World.
Havana suffered from being burnt by buccaneers in 1538, and
looted in 1555 and 1553. Great Britain seized the city in
1762, then exchanged it for Florida the following year. After
regaining the city, the Spanish made it the most heavily fortified
city in the Americas.
In the 1920s during Prohibition in the United States, Havana
became a popular vacation destination for Americans; the nightclubs
and gambling survived Repeal, but most were closed in 1959
after the Cuban Revolution.
Old Havana preserves a wealth of Spanish Colonial architecture,
and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Havana's International airport is Jose Marti International
Airport.
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