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The Centre of Camagüey VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
1 Parque Ignacio Agramonte
2 Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Practical Information
la Candelaria Camagüey. Road Map D3.
* 330,000. n Infotur, Calle
3 Casa Natal de Ignacio Ignacio Agramonte 426, (32) 256
Agramonte 794. _ Jornadas de la Cultura
4 Iglesia de la Merced Camagüeyana (first half of Feb);
5 Teatro Principal Carnival (23–29 Jun).
6 Iglesia del Carmen Transport
7 Cinco Esquinas k Ignacio Agramonte, (32) 261
8 Plaza San Juan de Dios 010. £ Ave Avellaneda y Finlay,
9 Museo Ignacio Agramonte The courtyard at Casa Agramonte, (32) 292 633. @ Carretera Central
0 Parque Casino Campestre where concerts are performed km 3, (32) 270 396.
q Casa de la Trova
w Casa Natal de Nicolás Guillén E Casa Natal de Ignacio
e Iglesia de la Soledad Agramonte R Iglesia de la Merced
Calle Ignacio Agramonte 459, e/ Plaza de los Trabajadores 4. Tel (32)
Airport Independencia y Cisneros. Tel (32) 292 783. Open 8–11am, 4–5:30pm
8 km (5 miles)
Museo 297 116. Open 9am–4:45pm Mon– Mon–Fri, 8–11am Sat, 8–10am, 5–
Ignacio
Agramonte Sat, 9am–2:30pm Sun. Closed 1 May. 7pm Sun. 5 5pm Mon–Fri, 7am Sat,
Train Station & 8 Note: fee for photography 9am & 6pm Sun.
AVENIDA CARLOS J. FINLAY Near Plaza de los The Iglesia de la Merced was built
may apply.
in 1601 but was rebuilt
LAS
from 1748 to 1756,
Trabajadores, where
MERCEDES
and now has a
LÓPEZ RECIO CALLE REPÚBLICA a large ceiba tree a central bell tower.
marks the middle of
Baroque façade with
the old town, is the
former home of Plaque on Nicolás Inside are striking,
Ignacio Agramonte. Guillén’s birthplace almost Art Nouveau-
CALLE FRANCISQUITO QUIÑONES
This famous local style murals. The choir
patriot died in battle in 1873 at and catacombs are also of interest.
the age of 31. The two-storey
Most famous, however, is the Holy
Sepulchre with an 18th-century
house dates from 1750 and has
CALLE AVALLENEDA CALLE BARTOLOMÉ MASÓ CALLE PADRE OLALLO a beautiful inner courtyard with statue of Christ by Mexican
old tinajones.
sculptor Juan Benítez Alfonso.
The museum has documents
It was cast from 23,000 silver coins
CALLE OSCAR PRIMELLER
CALLE RAMÓN GUERRERO
CALLE PADRE VALENCIA
Teatro CALLE JON MAGDELENA concerning the war of indepen- collected from the faithful by
dence, the hero’s personal
Manuel Agüero, a citizen who,
Principal belongings, such as his 36-calibre after his wife’s death in 1726,
CALLE LUGAREÑO
Iglesia de
CALLE ASTILLEROS
Iglesia de CALLEJON DE LA JOLEDAD Colt revolver from 1851, and became a monk and devoted
la Soledad
la Merced CALLE IGNACIO AGRAMONTE family furniture, including the himself to restoring the church.
CALLE MAXÍMO GÓMEZ
PLAZA DE LOS piano of his wife, Amalia Simoni,
TRABAJADORES
Casa Natal reputed to be one of the richest, F Teatro Principal
SANTA Agramonte CALLE MACEO most virtuous women in the city. Calle Pedro Valencia 64. Tel (32) 293 048.
de Ignacio
ROSA CALLE REPÚBLICA A short walk away is another First opened in 1850 and rebuilt in
CALLE SAN ROMÓN famous home. The Casa Natal 1926 after a devastating fire, this
Casa Natal CALLE BARTOLOMÉ MASÓ
de Nicolás Guillén PLAZA CALLE AVALLENEDA de Nicolás Guillén (see p32), theatre is famous as the home of
PLAZA DEL INDEPENDENCIA MACEO birthplace of Cuba’s poet laureate the Camagüey Ballet, one of the
Iglesia CARMEN CALLE HERMANOS AGÜERO
del Carmen who died in 1989, is at Calle leading dance comp anies in
Parque CALLE P ADRE OLALLO CALLE PADRE OLALLO Hermanos Aguero 58. Latin America (see p280).
Casa de Ignacio
CALLE MARTÍ
Plazuela la Trova Agramonte Sagrado Corazón
del Cristo de Jesús
Catedral de SAN PABLO ENRIQUE VILLUENDAS ENRIQU E VILLUENDAS The Tinajones
Nuestra Señora ACADEMIA
CALLE
de la Candelaria REPÚBLICA Hatibonico AVENIDA TARAFA These symbols of the city can be seen
Casino
especially in the courtyards of the local
Cinco CALLE Parque everywhere – in parks and gardens and
Esquinas Campestre
CALL E RAÚL LAMAR INDEPENDENCIA colonial houses. Tinajones are large jars,
CALLE
PLAZA CISNEROS which may be as much as 2 m (6 ft) tall,
SAN JUAN made of clay from the nearby Sierra de
DE DIOS
Bus Station Cubitas. The jars were introduced by Catalonian
Iglesia y
Hospital de immigrants in the early 1700s, and are used A tinajón in the central
San Juan de Dios
today to collect rainwater and to store food. square
For keys to symbols see back flap
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