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This document summarizes the history of the Calzada del Cerro neighborhood in Havana, Cuba. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, wealthy plantation owners built grand neoclassical mansions along the Calzada as the elite neighborhood of El Cerro developed. At its peak in the mid-19th century, the Calzada was lined with colonnaded porches connecting the mansions. However, in the late 19th century many wealthy families moved to newer neighborhoods as El Cerro declined due to pollution and an influx of pe
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