Hotel Sevilla

for the hotel in Algeciras see Hotel Sevilla (Algeciras)

Hotel Mercure Sevilla Havane
Original 1908 wing of Hotel Sevilla
General information
Location	Calle Trocadero #55, Entre Prado y Zulueta Havana, Cuba
Opening	March 22, 1908
Technical details
Floor count	10
Design and construction
Architect	José Troya, Antonio Rodríguez and José Rodríguez, Schultze & Weaver
Other information
Number of rooms	178

The 1924 tower wing of the Hotel Sevilla-Biltmore, 1931

The Hotel Mercure Sevilla Havane is a historic hotel in Havana, Cuba.

History

The hotel was built as the Hotel Sevilla in 1908. It consisted of a four-story Moorish Revival structure, designed by architects Arellano y Mendozaon, located on Calle Trocadero, next to the Paseo del Prado, between the Malecón and Parque Central. It was bought by John McEntee Bowman and Charles Francis Flynn in 1919 and renamed the Sevilla-Biltmore Hotel. In 1924, they constructed a huge ten-story tower wing, with a rooftop ballroom, designed by noted New York architects Schultze & Weaver.

The Sevilla-Biltmore was closely associated with Havana's mafia network, being part-owned by Santo Trafficante, Jr. It was also featured in Graham Greene's novel Our Man in Havana as the location where the protagonist joins the British secret service.

The hotel is currently run by the French chain Accor under their Mercure Hotels division as the Hotel Mercure Sevilla Havane.

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Landmarks and attractions in Havana

Commerce, government	Bacardi Building Coppelia (ice cream parlor) El Capitolio FOCSA Building Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital Lonja del Comercio building Manzana de Gómez Palacio de los Capitanes Generales Russian embassy Oriental Park Racetrack^† Tropicana Club

Education	ELAM (Latin American School of Medicine) University of Havana

Fortifications	La Cabaña Castillo de la Real Fuerza Morro Castle San Salvador de la Punta Fortress Castle del Príncipe Santa Clara Battery Torreón de la Chorrera

Hotels	Hotel Capri Hotel Habana Riviera Hotel Inglaterra Hotel Nacional de Cuba Hotel Sevilla Hotel Tryp Habana Libre Meliá Cohiba Hotel

Monuments	Central Railway Station Colón Necrópolis Fuente de la India El Templete José Martí Memorial USS Maine monument

Museums	Museo del Aire^† Museum of Decorative Arts Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana Museum of the Revolution Napoleon Museum

Natural	Almendares River Havana Harbor

Neighborhoods	Centro Habana Miramar Old Havana (La Habana Vieja) Vedado Others

Religious	Havana Cathedral Iglesia de Jesús de Miramar San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary Our Lady of Kazan Orthodox Cathedral Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis Christ of Havana

Streets, parks	Calle 23 ("La Rampa") John Lennon Park José Martí Anti-Imperialist Platform (Wall of Flags) Malecón Paseo del Prado Plaza de la Revolución Plaza Vieja

Theatres	Amadeo Roldán Theatre Gaia Gran Teatro de La Habana Hubert de Blanck Theater Karl Marx Theatre National Theatre of Cuba Teatro Miramar

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Coordinates: 23°08′25″N 82°21′30″W / 23.1404°N 82.3583°W / 23.1404; -82.3583

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