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Havana (Spanish La Habana, San Cristóbal de La Habana in full), Cuba's capital. 2.2 million population of the Caribbean, most notably cigar şehridir.Geçim sources, sugar beet and spring months mısırdır.Havana a speed of 200 km tourism kentidir.Kentte could reach speeds of hurricanes for many years görülür.Havana under Spanish colonial kalmıstır.Bu reason that some of Latin American Spanish in the streets leading görülür.Havana breeze still görülür.Havana industry in terms of climate kentlerindendir.Tropik groundwater resources are also gelismistir.Kentte.

History

Havana in 1515 Conquistador (Spanish, means of victory. On the 16th and 17 th century, Spanish soldiers, explorers and adventure for the general term used) by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, who is now the name Batabanó is established near the city.

Havana in 1519, moved to current location. City, to develop the location as a result of compliance, will become an important commercial and military ports. City, the Spanish ships loaded with precious treasures here by taking a lot of the pirates were attacked. City 1538'de scorched and 1553/1555 'was also sacked. The Spanish colony of Cuba's capital Havana is 1607'de. United Kingdom takes 1762'de cities, and then exchange the money to Florida. City to pass to the Spaniard again, Amerika'ni n is configured as the most powerful city runan ko.


Zamanlarda banned in the United States, a popular attraction for American tourists in Havana has been central. Though the night clubs and casinos, also survive in the U.S. to ban up to also closed akabinde 1959'daki Cuba's revolution.

Attractions

Especially to see land, with baroque and neoclassical monuments, the oldest Spanish settlement in the La Habana Vieja koloniyal is (or the date of the old district of Havana). This world cultural heritage of UNESCO in 1982 has been restored and since then the region is the region. This is out of another place to visit, the Spanish governor in that time the Castillo de la Real Fuerza'dır authorities. Elsewhere in the east side of the bay entrance is the La Cabaña fortress.

All the rest of the city deprived area of the restoration of the district is called Centro Habana. This Prado 's from west Malecon' up lies. This is also very rare that the tourists visit the city is the poorest districts. Image is dominated in the state of the building collapsed. A visit to this area, Vedado Habana Vieja, or as organized as the city's tourist areas than in the trip, more realistic about the living conditions of the Cuban people will leave an impression.

Business

Havana, is Cuba's most important industrial zone. In particular, metal products, machinery and chemical products is important. In addition, the rum, Havana Club, such as beverages and tobacco and textile products are produced.
Of cigars produced in Cuba, Havana are known as.

Transportation

City is also the country's most important transportation center. And an important natural harbor and an international airport (José Martí, in the south of the city)) has. Havana Bay, is one of the world's most secure ports. Transition to the open sea, the coast line through a natural formation, it is limited to a narrow passage.

The city's neighborhoods

Havanna is divided into 15 neighborhoods.
1. Arroyo Naranjo
2. Boyeros
3. Centro Habana
4. Cerro
5. Cotorro
6. Diez de Octubre
7. Guanabacoa
8. Habana del Este
9. Habana Vieja (Historical Center)
10. La Lisa
11. Marianao
12. Playa, Hasbana (Miramar)
13. Plaza de la Revolucion (sometimes only the Plaza is used)
14. Regla
15. San Miguel del PADRO

Travel writer Danielle Pergament, Italy's Toscana region make exquisite chocolate shop, a small but prestigious masters of the "true craftsmen of Dolce Vita," he says. In fact in this region is renowned for vineyards, Pisa'dan small Italian city of Florence on the way to the construction and presentation of the man's mouth water are the çikolatacı.

Pisa'dan a few kilometers away, a small town called Cascina, DeBondt a very good çikolatacı curious to know. The owner of Paul DeBondt here, this small but elegant shop does not sell anything other than never chocolate. And there is chocolate, and are sold to packaging. There are also a larger store DeBondt'un Pisa'da (Lungarno Pacinotti, No. 5; +39-050-316-0073; www.debondtchocolate.com).

Toscana, 20 century in the second half of the world was one of the most popular pleasure centers. Ties, old houses, has attracted tourists to small towns; pasta, the prosciutto'su, wine and cheese known all over the world. Since the 1980s was born here and a chocolate culture. The grinding cocoa beans, and melt the chocolate into a small factory in Florence, Pisa and Montecatini in the triangle between the spread and there was cause attached to the name of Chocolate Valley.

DeBondt Paul says: "To talk Toscanalılar food, food tasting, food is grown to review. I am Dutch. There is no tradition of eating in the Netherlands. I just have a boiled potato is tradition. Haşlanmış here I can not even talk about potatoes. "

ROBERTO CATINARI doyen

Doyen among young çikolatacı Roberto Toscana'nın role were undertaken by Catinari. Pistoia'da who was born Catinari, work alongside çikolatacı Switzerland in the 1950s have learned. In the case back to the country in 1974 with loads of recipes. A few years later, a small shop which has opened its own name (Via Provinciale, no.378, Agliana; +39-0574 718 506, www.robertocatinari.it). First, he began making chocolate bar, then praline past, soccer trophies increasingly resembles heykelimsi has produced chocolate. This velvety, rich, exquisite chocolate and win at the moment, Chocolate Valley legend has started already ...

Year history based on hundreds of craft tradition in a country proud, the brave step Catinari'nin initiatives. In fact, Italy's history is found in chocolate center Piemonte'nin north. But chic chocolate boutiques La Bottega del Cioccolato'nun in Florence (Via de Macci, No.50; +39-055-200-1609) have Andrea Bianchini, said: "Piemonte chocolate is very traditional ..."

There are two important features of Toscana chocolate. Central Italy 's taste, contains: Lavender, olive oil, and rosemary balsamik. Here, chocolate cocoa beans, cocoa butter, pure vanilla and sugar are made of, that actually Piemonte, in Switzerland or Belgium chocolate is not very different. From South America or Africa, however, brought very high quality of the cocoa is said to be. Back of labor.

He produces the cocoa

A well-known in the village of Pontedera small boutique Pisa'daki the Amedei chocolate (www.amedei.it), South America, like their cocoa produced in the tip. Of chocolate are sold in Florence Amedei'nin. Her sister Cecilia is with the owner Amedei'nin Alessio Tessieri "This is no difference from the wine or cheese," he says. "I learned everything from Venezuelan farmers. Air, rain, altitude, mikroklima the how the product should be collected ..."

Amedei Fabrikası wide from outside, looks like an ordinary farm. Can be entered into with galoshes and bone, everything is sparkling. Alessio Tessieri, some chocolate to seep out of the secret is to travel anywhere to visitors.

On the other side of the valley, formerly a student with Catinari'nin Andrea Slitti'nin shop has Slitti Cioccolato e Caffe (Via Francesca Sud, no.1268; Monsummano Terme; +39-0572-640-240; www.slitti.it). It sold a chocolate shop in a stylish package and a pleasant cafe. Slitti this fall, the shop and there's chocolate courses will soon open a factory. "How about a wine producer is educating consumers, and I will give education about chocolate. Of course I will teach the basics, not everything. Mezar take to have some secrets ..."


Until recently no one Toscana'da chocolate did not do so. Now to eat chocolate in the region has become a regular until machiato caffe. In the last decade Italy's annual chocolate consumption of 4.8 pounds per person reached by folding. Chocolate sales are up 350 million euros. However, Italy's got a feature. Industry and mass production in the face, were always undertaken by families and are craft. Despite the rise in consumption of chocolate may be the only owner of craftsmen that are obsessively smoothly