Dark sights in Cienfuegos
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Cementerio La Reina
- Cienfuegos, Cuba
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The Cementerio La Reina was founded in 1837 and lined with the graves of Spanish soldiers who died in the Wars of Independence. La Reina is the only cemetery in Cuba where bodies are interred above ground (in the walls) due to the high groundwater levels. It also has a marble statue called Bella Durmiente: a tribute to a 24-year-old woman who died in 1907 of a broken heart. It’s an evocative place if you’re into graveyards.
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Necrópolis Tomás Acea
- Cienfuegos, Cuba
- Sights › Dark
The Necrópolis Tomás Acea is classed as a ‘garden cemetery’ and is entered through a huge neoclassical pavilion (1926) flanked by 64 Doric columns modeled on the Parthenon in Greece. This cemetery contains a monument to the marine martyrs who died during the abortive 1957 Cienfuegos naval uprising.
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