Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Regla

So close from Habana Vieja yet so local

A pleasant ferry ride (2 cup!) from ferry terminal close to habana vieja. The custodian of the church gave me a candle to burn and card of the lady. I put money on the donation box. She asked only for...

A place of pilgrimage to La Virgen de Regla

Reached across the bay on the ferry from Havana to Regla, is the church of Nuestra Zenora de la Virgin de Regla, a modest church built in 1687 which houses the famous black Madonna which was brought f...

Nice way to spend a couple of hours

I can't tell you which drive is longer because I've only gone the one way but on a map it looks like the same distance either way. What I can tell you is that the drive from Old Havana to the church i...

So that's what the church was called

We stepped off the tour bus at the indoor flea market along side the harbor and saw this interesting old stone church across the road. We thought it looked like the orthodox churches we had seen in Ea...

Rustic Beauty

Home of the "black Madonna", this little gem of a church is beautiful in its simplicity. It's amazing how light streams into all reaches from only two access doors at the rear of the sanctuary. This i...