Architectural, Cultural sights in Bayamo
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Casa de Estrada Palma
In 1835, Cuba’s first postindependence president, Tomás Estrada Palma, was born here. A one-time friend of José Martí, Estrada Palma was disgraced after the Revolution for his perceived complicity with the US over the Platt Amendment. His birth house is now the seat of Uneac (Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba; National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists), but you’ll find little about the famous former occupant inside.
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Casa Natal de Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
The birthplace of the ‘father of the motherlands,’ Casa Natal de Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, is on the north side of the park. Born here on April 18, 1819, Céspedes spent the first 12 years of his life in this residence, and the Céspedes memorabilia inside is complemented by a collection of period furniture. It’s notable architecturally as the only two-story colonial house remaining in Bayamo and was one of the few buildings to survive the 1869 fire.
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