User:Osvaldo valdes 165443/Hospital San Lazaro, Havana

The Hospital San Lazaro dates back to the seventeenth century, when it served as headquarters some huts built in the Caleta de Juan Guillén, then known as Caleta de San Lázaro, in an area about a mile outside the city walls.

In view of the deplorable situation of the leprosy patients, the chaplain of the hospital presbyter Juan Pérez de Silva and Dr. Francisco Teneza went to the King of Spain, His Majesty Felipe V, asking for his help.

Founding
By a royal decree dated June 19, 1714, His Majesty Felipe V, ordered the foundation of the Royal Hospital of San Lazaro. In 1781, the leprosarium was finished in the Caleta de Juan Guillén, which had two floors, with a monumental front that served as a facade to a church, located at the center of the building.

Subject to its location and exposure to the sea. cyclones ruined the structures of the building. Havana was taken by the English in the Siege of Havana, a military action from March to August 1762, this was part of the Seven Years' War.

There were continuous complaints of the neighbors, who saw in leprosy patients, a source of contagion that endangered their lives and a threat to public safety. this complaint was led by the government and the representatives of the powerful urban owners who threatened to stop their investments in the area of ​​Vedado, thus the leprosy patients were removed.