Landmark sights in Caribbean Islands

1. Sculptures

   • Las Tunas, Cuba
   • Sights › Landmarks

   Popularly called the 'city of sculptures' , Las Tunas' alfresco art is dotted around the city. In Plaza Martiana, opened in 1995 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of José Martí's death, you'll see an inventive bronze statue of the apostle by Rita Longa that also acts as a solar clock. Other notables include the Monumento al Trabajo,commemorating Cuban workers, and the pencil-like Monumento a Alfabetización, marking the act passed in Las Tunas on November 16, 1961 to stamp out illiteracy. You'll have to get out to Motel el Cornito to see the emblematic Janus-inspired Cacique Maniabo y Jibacoa, a two-headed Taíno chief looking in opposite directions. Back in town the…

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