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Santiago de Cuba

Coat of arms of the city Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)

Population: ~ 1.016.000

Time difference to London - Time zone GMT/UTC: -5 hours (+/- changes due summertime/daylight saving)

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The transcendental historic and cultural values and the well-known hospitality of its people, of happy and noisy character, are two of the characteristics that distinguish the southeastern province of Santiago de Cuba, considered the authentic capital of the Caribbean because of its geographic position and ethnic origins.

Céspedes Park

The Céspedes Park is, without a doubt, the heart of the only Hero City of the Republic of Cuba, here on July 26 of 1953 they made the attack on the Moncada Garrison, the action that set the start of the last stage of the national liberation war.

This is also the place where the remains of the National Hero, José Martí, lay in an impressive funeral monument of the Cemetery of Santa Ifigenia.

Santiago culture

You can find about 15 museums, including the Bacardí Musuen - the first one built in the country.

The best carnival of the island is the carnival of Santiago - is a cultural treasure jealously preserved, but also pleasantly shared with visitors, because Santiago is, above all, a city of open and cordial people.

More information and interesting Web-Sites regarding Santiago de Cuba:

► www.santiago.cu

Santiago de Cuba, a town with history - information on scientific y tecnology themes, agriculture, culture, economics, education y industry. (in Spanish only)

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