Stretching along SW 13th Ave just south of Calle Ocho (SW 8th St), Cuban Memorial Boulevard Park contains a series of monuments to Cuban and Cuban American icons, a sort of linear trek into the Cuba-that-was. The memorials include the Eternal Torch in Honor of the 2506th Brigade, for the exiles who died during the Bay of Pigs Invasion; a José Martí memorial; and a Madonna statue, supposedly illuminated by a shaft of holy light every afternoon.
There's also a map of Cuba, with a quote by José Martí. At the center of the map is a massive ceiba tree, still revered by followers of Santería (a syncretic religion that evolved in Cuba among African slaves in the 18th century).
