Lined by brightly colored Baroque as well as Art Nouveau-style buildings, the cobblestone-paved "Old Square" dating to 1559 has had many uses over the centuries - as a military drill ground, an open-air market, a park, a venue for parades and festivities, even at one point a parking lot. These days it´s home to restaurants, art galleries, and a camera obscura. whose rotating periscope and series of mirrors projects live, panoramic views of Old Havana onto a large, table-like viewing screen.
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