Calle Zulueta follows the exterior line of the old defense wall of Havana, its route is affected by several inflections along the way.

[1] It marks one of the limits of the Parque Central, it extends by the Plaza hotel, and by the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Trocadero, between Zulueta y Monserrate), Sloppy Joe's bar.

[2] Its name honors of the potentate Don Julián de Zulueta, 1st Marquis of Álava, a colonel of the Volunteer Corps, president of the Spanish Casino, municipal deputy mayor, interim political governor on several occasions in which he rendered notable services to the city of Havana in terms of charity and public works.

Julián Zulueta was a staunch defender of slave trafficking.

[a][1] The main character of Guillermo Cabrera Infante's La Habana para un infante difunto family moves to Calle Zulueta:[3] Calle Zulueta, Habana