The Catedral de San Cristóbal de La Habana is the most ornate church in Old Havana, its asymmetric baroque facade — two towers of different sizes, a swooping curved front — one of the most photographed in the Caribbean. It was built by the Jesuits between 1748 and 1777, and the asymmetry of the facade is not a mistake but a deliberate adaptation to the uneven colonial lot the Jesuits were given.
The interior is comparatively sober after the elaborate facade — whitewashed walls, a central nave, and an altar that has been modified several times. The cathedral fronts the Plaza de la Catedral, one of the most beautiful baroque squares in the Americas, which is worth lingering in for the facades of the surrounding colonial palaces alone. The plaza hosts an art market on weekend mornings.