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a city that stopped its clocks in 1959 and let the cars keep driving anyway.
means the capital of cuba, a caribbean port city famous for colonial architecture, cigars, and five decades frozen in embargo amber.
from founded by spanish colonists in 1519, named for a taino chief called habaguanex, and built into spain's most fortified new world port to guard treasure fleets sailing home.
old town statusunesco world heritage site since 1982.
car fleettens of thousands of pre-1960 american cars still running.
malecon lengtheight kilometer seawall, the city's living room.
for instance
el capitolio — 1929 dome modeled on washington dc's, taller by a hair.
hotel nacional de cuba — 1930 landmark that hosted mob bosses and a 1946 gangster summit.
fabrica de tabacos partagas — cigar factory rolling since 1845, near the capitol.