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Miami Landmarks and Miami Monuments (Miami, FL, USA)



It is hardly surprising that the important city of Miami is crammed full of spectacular landmarks and monuments. Famous throughout the world, many of these Miami landmarks date back hundreds of years and are in remarkable condition. Here are some of the top landmarks and monuments to visit in Miami.

Miami Landmarks: Miami Freedom Tower - 600 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, 33132, Florida, USA
Tel: +1 305 577 8544
The Miami Freedom Tower is situated in Downtown Miami and is one of Miami's numerous important historic landmarks. Completed in 1924 and once home to the long-gone Miami News, during the 1960s, offices at the Miami Freedom Tower processed requests for political asylum during the first wave of Cuban immigration. The Miami Freedom Tower was actually modeled on the Giralda bell tower in Seville, Spain, and was closed for a number of years whilst undergoing restorations and the Miami Freedom Tower has recently reopened as a museum of Cuban culture. To fully appreciate the tower's Mediterranean features and detailed architecture as a whole, the Miami Freedom Tower is best viewed from a distance.




Miami Landmarks: Merrick House and Gardens - 907 Coral Way, Coral Gables, Miami, 33134, Florida, USA
Tel: +1 305 460 5361
Situated in the Coral Gables region of Miami, the George Merrick house is one of Miami's most important historic landmarks and was completed in 1906, by George Merrick, a New England Minister. The house was originally designed by Merrick's wife, who simply sketched a drawing, with slanted tiled roof and grand columns. The Merrick House is encircled by a large verandah and there are numerous classical details to the entrances and windows. Miami's Merrick House was named Coral Gables and became the start of one of Miami's first planned communities.

Today, this famous Miami landmark mansion is a community shrine and is used for lectures, meetings and receptions. The Merrick House also features a number of original furnishings and is surrounded by pleasant gardens, where you will find many of the Merrick family's fruit trees still growing. Guided tours of Miami's Merrick House are available.
Landmark open: Wednesday and Sunday - 13:00 to 16:00, gardens open every daily
Landmark admission: charge

Miami Landmarks: Opa-locka - 777 Sharazad Boulevard, Miami, Florida, USA
Tel: +1 305 688 4611
Situated in North Miami, Opa-locka is one of Miami's most distinctive regions full of buildings and landmarks. Created by airplane designer and property developer Glenn Curtiss, Opa-locka features blue and white domes, minarets, pointed arches, crescent motifs and many large coconut palm trees. Miami's Opa-locka is based on a mosque palace and is now the city hall, with many offices inside.

Miami Landmarks: Spanish Monastery - 16711 West Dixie Highway, North Miami Beach, Florida 33160, USA
Tel: +1 305 945 1461
The beautiful Spanish Monastery is located in the North Miami Beach area of Miami and was originally constructed in Segovia, Spain almost 900 years ago. William Randolph Hearst moved this monastery brick by brick and it was carefully reconstructed in Miami. Now the oldest building in the western hemisphere and one of Miami's most historic landmarks, the Spanish Monastery was renamed at the Ancient Monastery St. Bernard de Clairvaux. The monastery is regularly used as a church and is also available for receptions and parties.
Landmark open: Monday to Saturday - 10:00 to 16:00, Sunday - 13:00 to 17:30
Landmark admission: charge, discounts available to senior citizens and children under 12 years old

Miami Landmarks: Port of Miami - 1015 North American Way, Miami, 33132, Florida, USA
Tel: +1 305 291 7678
The Port of Miami is the world's largest cruise port and is one of the major landmarks in Downtown Miami. More than three million tourists arrive and depart from the Port of Miami every year and the port is made up of two large islands to the south - Dodge Island and Lummus Island. You can visit the port via a separate causeway that leaves Biscayne Boulevard close to the Biscayne Marketplace. Many enormous cruise ships dock at the Port of Miami and at night, the ships are illuminated.

 
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