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Practical Information
Villa Clara. Road Map C3.
* 240,000. n Infotur, Calle
Cuba 68 e/ E. Machado and
Maestra Nicolosa, (42) 227 557.
Transport
£ Luis Estévez 323. @ Carretera
Central km 2.5.

to remove rails and cause
the derailment. The episode
ended with the surrender of
The Tren Blindado Monument, a work by José Delarra Batista’s men.
E Tren Blindado Monument of Cuba in order to halt the Parque Tudury
Carretera Camajuaní, junction with advance of the rebels. This square, in front of the
railway line. Tel (42) 202 758. Cuban sculptor José Delarra Neo-Classical Iglesia de
Open 9am–5pm Mon–Sat. & commemorated this event by Nuestra Señora del Carmen
On 28 December 1958, creating a museum-monument (1756), is also known as Parque
with the aid of only 300 men, on the spot where it took place, El Carmen. Here stands a
Che Guevara succeeded in in the northeastern part of monu ment commemorating
conquering the city, which Santa Clara, on the line to the foundation of the town of
was fiercely defended by Remedios. The sequence of Santa Clara. It was erected in
3,000 of Batista’s soldiers. events is recreated using 1951 around a tamarind tree, on
The following day Guevara original elements such as four the spot where, on 15 July 1689,
handed the dictator another wagons from the armoured the first mass was celebrated
severe setback by derailing an train, military plans and maps, in the new city. The monument
armoured train that was photographs and weapons. consists of 18 columns on which
supposed to transport 408 Also on show is the D-6 are carved the names of the first
soldiers and weapons of all Caterpillar bulldozer that families in Santa Clara, crowned
kinds to the eastern region was used by the guerrillas by a cross.

The Centre of Santa Clara
1 Parque Leoncio Vidal
2 Teatro La Caridad
Train 3 Museo de Artes Decorativas
Station
4 Tren Blindado Monument
5 Parque Tudury
Parque
Tudury
Iglesia del
Carmen
CALLE BERENGUER CALLE MÁXIMO GÓMEZ C AL LE L UI S E S T ÉV EZ Buen Viaje REMEDIOS
Iglesia de
CALLE MARTÍ
CALLE PONS Y NARANJO CALLE JULIO JOVER Teatro La CALLE PLACIDO CALLE MACEO BLVD. INDEPENDENCIA Tren Blindado
CALLE ESQUERRA
Monument
Caridad
Museo de
Artes Decorativas
CALLE R. PARDO CALLE L. VIDAL Río Cubanicay
CALLE UNION
CALLE
MARTA ABREU Iglesia Parque Palacio
Provincial
Santa
Vidal
Bus Station Clara
de Asis
200 m (220 yards) EDUARDO MACHADO
Memorial “Comandante CALLE ENRIQUE VILLUENDAS
Ernesto Che Guevara” C AL L E C OLÓN MAESTRA NICOLASA
CIENFUEGOS CALE J.B. ZAYAS CALLE CUBA
0 metres 300 CALLE ALEMÁN
0 yards 300
For keys to symbols see back flap
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