Calle Zulueta drawn on partal 1909 Habana map by Baedeker
North end
Caller Arsenal
Major junctions
Calle Neptuno, Calle Dragones
South end
Capdevila (Cárcel)
Other
Known for
Havana walls
Calle Zulueta follows the exterior line of the old defense wall of Havana, its route is affected by several inflections along the way. Running from its northern source at Calle Arsenal, it follows a slight incline to the southwest and heads south at the intersection with Calle Neptuno, then inclining to the south southeast at Calle Dragones.[1] With a slight incline to the southwest, it heads south at the intersection with Calle Neptuno, then inclining to the south southeast at Calle Dragones.[1] It marks one of the limits of the Parque Central, it extends by the Plaza hotel, and by the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Trocadero, between Zulueta y Monserrate), Sloppy Joe's bar. Running parallel to Calle Zulueta is Calle Monserrate.
History
Calle Zulurta at Calle Monte
Calle Zulueta runs north from its southern intersection with Calle Cárcel north to the Havana Central railway station on Calle Arsenal. Calle Ignacio Agramonteis was its official name given in 1909, the locals to the present call it by the name it received in 1874: Calle Zulueta.[2]
Its name honors of the potentate Don Julián de Zulueta, 1st Marquis of Álava, a colonel of the Volunteer Corps, president of the Spanish Casino, municipal deputy mayor, interim political governor on several occasions in which he rendered notable services to the city of Havana in terms of charity and public works. Julián Zulueta was a staunch defender of slave trafficking.[a][1]
^Julián Zulueta y Amondo, 1st Marquis of Álava and Viscount of Casa Blanca, was part of a group of the most powerful Spanish slave traders, moneylenders, and landowners, managed to contract the agency for the demolition of the walls of the city, which is why one of the streets through which it extended would be known as Zulueta street.[1]
