Monte de las Banderas

abandoned

The empty poles are the indication of the empty embassy. The diplomats from the American Embassy were under duress and sickened by some substances. They have gone and the embassy is closed.

So sad....no more flags! No more US Embassy!

My husband and I toured Havana with Cubaouting. Katherine was our tour guide (excellent) and Roberto was our Classic Car Driver (excellent). As we drove passed the Embassy, we noticed the poles with...

strange place

Dropped by here on morning jogging along Malecon. A weird place (and thus interesting) especially without any flag. If you look a bit closer you also notice the deterioration of the place on the far e...

Misunderstood poles

To understand these flag poles you will need to look at what is on either side of the poles. The flag poles are directly in front of the US Embassy. With or without flags these poles were meant to obs...

Bazarr Assembly of Poles without flags

A curiosity as you drive by. Adjacent to the US Embassy a collection of tall pointy poles reaching sky ward poised to impale anything that dropped from above....no one new what they were for...we ask...