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Colonial Trinidad

Museo de
Plaza Mayor
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Arquitectura Colonial
Trinidad’s main square
is surrounded by 18th-century This exquisite museum has excellent
mansions. Two bronze grey hounds displays showing the evolution of
on the south side are popular with architectural styles specific to
kids (see p20). Trinidad (see p46).
Iglesia de Santa Ana
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MAP J3 • Calle Camilo
Cienfuegos & Calle José Mendoza
At the northeast corner of the old
city, this semi-derelict 18th-century
church stands over a small plaza.
There’s also a lively cultural center
located in a former prison.
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Convento de San Francisco de Asís Casa Templo de
Santería Yemayá
Convento de San
2 MAP Y1 • Rubén Martínez Villena 59
Francisco de Asís
Learn about the lores of Santería,
MAP Y1 • Calle Hernández Echerri 59 the syncretic Afro-Cuban religion,
& Guinart • (41) 99 4121 • Open at Casa Templo. This colonial home
9am–5pm daily • Adm of a practitioner has an altar dedicated
Built in 1730 by Franciscan monks, to Yemayá, the Virgin of Regla.
this convent is current ly home to the
Museo de la Lucha Contra Bandidos.
Palacio Brunet
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Boasting marble floors,
decorative tilework, and fan
windows, this mansion is now the
Museo Romántico, which features
period furniture (see p20).

Plazuela de Jigüe
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MAP Y1
This plaza was named after the jigüe
(acacia) tree beneath which Father
Bartolomé de las Casas cele brated
the city’s first mass in 1514.
Iglesia Parroquial de
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la Santísima Trinidad
MAP Z1 • Plaza Mayor Casa de Don Rafael Ortíz
The Church of the Holy Trinity was
Casa de Don Rafael Ortíz
built in 1892 on the site of the original 0
parish church and has a Gothic altar. MAP Y1 • Calle Rubén
Martínez Villena & Calle Bolívar • (41)
Palacio Cantero
6 99 4432 • Open 8am–5pm Tue–Sat,
Home to the Museo Histórico,
8am–1pm Sun–Mon
this gem is filled with sumpt u ous This early 19th-century man sion
period furnishings and exhibits on has an art gal lery and a balcony
Trinidad’s history (see p21). with wonderful views of the plaza.
See map on pp102–3
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