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Matanzas

Castillo del Morrillo

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    • admission CUC$1
  • Hours
    • 9am-5pm Tue-Sun

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Lonely Planet review for Castillo del Morrillo

On the Matanzas side of the Río Canímar bridge, a road runs 1km down to a cove presided over by the four guns of this yellow-painted castle (1720). The castle is now a museum dedicated to the student leader Antonio Guiteras Holmes (1906–35), who founded the revolutionary group Joven Cuba (Young Cuba) in 1934. After serving briefly in the post-Machado government, Guiteras was forced out by army chief Fulgencio Batista and shot on May 8, 1935. A bronze bust marks the spot where he was executed.