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tenden and fifty of his men of the Lopez expedition of 1851 were im¬ 
prisoned in Atares, and it was on the slope of the hill overlooking the 
harbor that they were executed. The castle has been converted into a 
jail. On the slopes in great letters formed of cannon balls and flower¬ 
beds are seen the names of Marti and other heroes of the Cuban struggle 
for independence. 
City Wall. —Not far from La Punta, at Monserrate and Refugio 
streets, are remnants of the old city wall. Another fragment has been 
preserved on Monserrate street, near Teniente Rey. These ancient 
landmarks indicate the boundary of old Havana. The wall extended 
from the shore of the harbor east of the Arsenal, along a line east of 
the Prado, to the water front again at a point in line with the Carcel. 
The Punta, Carcel, 
Prado, Tacon The¬ 
atre and Campo de 
Marte were outside 
the wall, “extra- 
nniros.” The wall 
was a high and 
massive structure, 
which consumed a 
century in building 
(from 1633 to 1740), 
at a cost of $700,- 
000. A moat ex¬ 
tended around the 
outer side, and be¬ 
yond this were earth 
works. Entrance 
was by drawbridges 
over the moat, and 
then through nar¬ 
row arched gateways, which were closely guarded by soldiers, and 
were shut at 11 o’clock at night, except when there was an operatic 
or dramatic performance at the ,Tacon, on which occasions the Puerta 
de Monserrate, which was opposite the theatre, was kept open until 
the play was over. Early morning saw outside the gates a daily con¬ 
course of thousands of horses and mules laden with panniers of market 
provisions, pressing and crowding and jostling for place to get into the 
city when the gates should be opened. The plan here reproduced from 
the Gentleman’s Magazine, London, August, 1762, shows the wall as it 
was then and as it remained until it was demolished in 1880. 
At Belascoain and San Lazaro is the Casa de Beneficencia y Materni- 
PAD, Charity and Maternity Asylum, for the aged poor and for destitute 
A WALLED CITY. 
Plan of Havana in 1762. A, Morro Castle. B, La Punta 
Castle. E, La Fuerza. G, La Punta Gate. N, Land Gate. 
