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26 ❯❯ Top 10 Cuba Highlights

Camagüey

A cradle of Cuban culture, the “City of Tinajones” lies in the heart C. SAN RAMÓN CALLE REPÚBLICA CALLE AVELLANEDA
of cattle country and was laid out with irregular streets designed CALLE O. PRIMELLES
as a convoluted maze to thwart pirates. The historic center is full 2 PADRE
of well-preserved colonial plazas and cobbled streets featuring CALLE MAXÍMO GÓMEZ
antique churches and convents, as well as colorful 17th- and CALLE SAN RAM ÓN CALLE REPÚBLICA
18th-century domestic buildings with red-tile roofs, lathe-turned 1 CALLE MARTÍ OLALLO
wooden window grills, and spacious interior C. INDEPE N DENCI A
courtyards adorned with the city’s trademark LUGARENO
oversized jars called tinajones. AVE TARAFA
CALLE SAN PABLO
MATAD ERO
Plaza San 3
Juan de Dios
A national monument, this
plaza is lined with 18th-
century pastel buildings
(right) that reflect the local
style. On the east side, a
former church and military
hospital houses a museum
of colonial architecture.
Iglesia
Plaza 1 4
del Carmen Sagrado
Graced by a restored Corazón de Jesús
Baroque convent that This gracious, Neo-
functions as an art Gothic church dating
gallery, this cobblestone from 1755 has been
plaza is pedestrianized restored. It has a
Iglesia
and features life-size magnificent wooden 5
ceramic figures of ceiling, exquisite Nuestra
locals depicted in daily frescoes, and an Señora de
pursuits (above). elaborate gilt altar. la Soledad
Built in 1776, this fine
example of Cuban
Baroque architecture
has a lovely carved alfarje
wood-paneled ceiling
and painted pillars (left).
The revolutionary Ignacio
Agramonte was baptized
and married here.
Casa Natal
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Ignacio
Agramonte
This former home of
a local hero of Cuban
Independence displays
Catedral Nuestra
2 colonial furniture plus
Señora de la Merced
Agramonte’s personal
Dating from 1748, this Baroque church features belong ings, including his
note worthy murals and the Santa Sepulcro, a figure pistol. It has an intimate
of Christ atop a coffin cast from 23,000 silver coins. courtyard with tinajones.

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