Parque Vicente García


Las Tunas' central plaza, anchored by the Catholic Iglesia San Jerónimo.


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1. Statue of José Martí

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In the central hub of Plaza Martí an inventive bronze statue of the 'apostle of Cuban independence' by Rita Longa doubles as a solar clock. It was opened…

3. Memorial Vicente García

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A colonial-era structure near the eponymous park that commemorates Las Tunas' great War of Independence hero who captured the town from the Spanish in…

4. Mestizaje

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A multifaced representation of Cuba’s mixed races in the Parque de la India near the bus station.

5. La Fuente de las Antilles

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This work, first unveiled in 1977, was elemental in reviving Cuba’s sculpturing traditions and making Las Tunas its HQ. The sculpture comprises a huge…

6. Monumento a Alfabetización

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The pencil-like Monumento a Alfabetización marks the act passed in Las Tunas on November 16, 1961, to stamp out illiteracy.

7. Museo Memorial Mártires de Barbados

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Las Tunas' most evocative sight is in the former home of Carlos Leyva González, an Olympic fencer killed in the nation's worst terrorist atrocity: the…

8. Monumento Al Trabajo

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The 8m-high abstract Monumento Al Trabajo by José Peláez pays cubist homage to Cuban workers.