La Fuente de las Antilles


This work, first unveiled in 1977, was elemental in reviving Cuba’s sculpturing traditions and making Las Tunas its HQ. The sculpture comprises a huge fountain filled with elaborate interwoven figures symbolizing the emergence of the Greater Antilles' indigenous people from the Caribbean Sea. Cuba is represented by an India dormida (sleeping Taíno woman).


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