Opening March 22, 1908 Number of rooms 178 | Floor count 10 | |
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Location Calle Trocadero #55, Entre Prado y Zulueta
Havana, Cuba Architect José Troya, Antonio Rodríguez and José Rodríguez, Schultze & Weaver | ||
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.