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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Museo Memorial Mártires de Barbados
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Las Tunas' most evocative sight is in the former home of Carlos Leyva González, an Olympic fencer killed in the nation's worst terrorist atrocity: the…
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The bamboo woods around Motel El Cornito, about 6km outside town, offer a welcome, shady diversion from the scorching city bustle. You'll find ranchón…
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A colonial-era structure near the eponymous park that commemorates Las Tunas' great War of Independence hero who captured the town from the Spanish in…
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This algae-filled natural lake in the Cauto River delta, 40km northwest of Bayamo, is loaded with memorable fly-fishing possibilities. Black bass is the…
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The Guáimaro Assembly of April 1869, which approved the first Cuban constitution and called for the emancipation of slaves, was held here. The events are…
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In the central hub of Plaza Martí an inventive bronze statue of the 'apostle of Cuban independence' by Rita Longa doubles as a solar clock. It was opened…
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Las Tunas' Revolution Square is huge and bombastic, particularly for such a small city. Photo ops abound. Check out the huge Lenin-esque sculpture of…
Museo Fernando García Grave de Peralta
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Lashed regularly by hurricanes, the municipal museum – when it's not being renovated – contains the usual round of fallen revolutionaries, stuffed animals…
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1. Museo Memorial Mártires de Barbados
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Las Tunas' most evocative sight is in the former home of Carlos Leyva González, an Olympic fencer killed in the nation's worst terrorist atrocity: the…
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The 8m-high abstract Monumento Al Trabajo by José Peláez pays cubist homage to Cuban workers.
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A colonial-era structure near the eponymous park that commemorates Las Tunas' great War of Independence hero who captured the town from the Spanish in…
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Las Tunas' central plaza, anchored by the Catholic Iglesia San Jerónimo.
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In the central hub of Plaza Martí an inventive bronze statue of the 'apostle of Cuban independence' by Rita Longa doubles as a solar clock. It was opened…
6. Museo Provincial General Vicente García
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Housed in the royal blue town hall with a clock mounted on the front facade, the provincial museum documents local tunero history. A member of staff will…
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A multifaced representation of Cuba’s mixed races in the Parque de la India near the bus station.
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The pencil-like Monumento a Alfabetización marks the act passed in Las Tunas on November 16, 1961, to stamp out illiteracy.