Memorial Vicente García


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 1876 and torched it 21 years later when the colonizers sought to reclaim it. The building was once García's house, but only a small exposed section of floor tiles remains from the original structure.

The museum's four rooms are best navigated with a guide who'll fill in the many historical gaps.


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