He admired the asymmetrical twin bell towers of Havana Cathedral, then remembered Christopher Columbus had been interred here for a century before they moved his body to Catedral de Santa María de la Sede in Seville, Spain. Havana’s famous Roman Catholic church is the Cathedral of St. Christopher (Catedral de San Cristóbal). The Jesuits began construction of the Baroque building in 1748. They were expelled from Cuba ten years before construction finished in 1777. Christopher Columbus was buried here from 1796 until 1898 before being sent to Seville Cathedral. The asymmetrical, twin bell towers of Catedral de La Habana visually dominate Plaza de la Catedral.
