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    Plaza del Carmen

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    Around 600m west of the frenzy of República sits another sublimely beautiful square, one less visited than the central plazas. It's backed on the eastern…

  • Museo Provincial Ignacio Agramonte

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    Named (like half of °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â) after the exalted local War of Independence hero, this cavernous museum, just north of the train station, is in a Spanish…

  • Casa de Arte Jover

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    °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â is home to two of Cuba's most creative and prodigious contemporary painters, Joel Jover and his wife Ileana Sánchez. Their magnificent home in…

  • Martha Jiménez Pérez

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    In Cuba's ceramics capital, the studio-gallery of Martha Jiménez Pérez shows the work of one of Cuba's greatest living artists. See everything from pots…

  • Museo Casa Natal de Ignacio Agramonte

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    The birthplace of independence hero Ignacio Agramonte (1841–73), the cattle rancher who led the °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â area's revolt against Spain. The house – an…

  • Necropolis de °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â

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    This sea of elaborate, lop-sided, bleached-white Gothic tombs makes up Cuba's most underrated cemetery, secreting the resting place of °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â-born…

  • Mercado Agropecuario Hatibonico

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    If you visit just one market in Cuba, make it this muddy one. Beside the murky Río Hatibonico just off the Carretera Central, and characterized by its…

  • Casino Campestre

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    Cuba's largest urban park sits across the Río Hatibonico from the old town, and was laid out in 1860. There are shaded benches, a baseball stadium,…

  • Lago de los Sueños

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    The so-called 'lake of dreams' is as an out-of-town escape from °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â's urban maze. It uses the same inventive (if slightly kitschy) methodology…

  • Museo de San Juan de Dios

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    Housed in a former hospital administered by Father José Olallo, the friar who became Cuba’s first saint, the museum chronicles °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â’s history and…

  • Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Merced

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    Dating from 1748, this is arguably °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â’s most impressive colonial church. Its history is imbued with legend. Local myth tells of a miraculous figure…

  • Estudio-Galería Jover

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    The working studio of Joel Jover, a noted Cuban artist with exhibits in New York, Vienna and Italy. By comparison, his works here are a bargain (though…

  • Casa de la Diversidad

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    Impossible to miss thanks to its eclectic facade (a mix of Moorish and neoclassical elements), this museum's best exhibit is the building itself. Four…

  • Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria

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    Any exploration of °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â's religious history should begin at its most important church, named for the city's patron saint. Rebuilt in the 19th century…

  • Plaza San Juan de Dios

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    Looking more Mexican than Cuban (Mexico was capital of New Spain so the colonial architecture was often superior), Plaza San Juan de Dios is °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â's…

  • Iglesia de Nuestra Corazón de Sagrado Jesús

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    One of Cuba’s rare neo-Gothic churches beautifies Parque Martí, a few blocks east of Parque Ignacio Agramonte. The triple-spired Iglesia de Nuestra…

  • Parque Ignacio Agramonte

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    °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â's most dazzling square in the heart of the city invites relaxation with rings of marble benches and an equestrian statue (c 1950) of °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â's…

  • Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad

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    Gleaming after a much-lauded 2007 renovation, this massive baroque structure dates from 1779. Its picturesque cream-and-terracotta tower actually predates…

  • Iglesia de la Caridad

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    On the southeastern edge of the city, this church was originally constructed as a chapel in the 18th century. It got a couple of 20th-century renovations …

  • Casa Finlay

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    Dr Carlos J Finlay (1833–1915), °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â's other hero, made medical breakthroughs in discovering how mosquitoes transmit yellow fever. Calling this place …

  • Iglesia de San Cristo del Buen Viaje

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    Next door to Necropolis de °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â and overlooking a quiet square, this church is probably the least visited of °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â’s ecclesial octet, but it is…

  • Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen

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    This twin-towered baroque beauty dates from 1825. Its former convent, Monasterio de las Ursalinas, is a sturdy arched colonial building with a pretty…

  • Iglesia de San Lazaro

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    The Iglesia de San Lazaro is a beautiful (if diminutive) cream-coloured church dating from 1700. Just as interesting is the nearby cloistered hospital…

  • Galería El Colonial

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    A shopping complex, Cuban-style, with all its engaging foibles and interpretations of commerce. Hit this pink colonial building, spruced up for the city's…

  • Casa Natal de Nicolás Guillén

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    This modest house gives visitors a small insight into Cuba's late national poet and his books. It doubles as the Instituto Superior de Arte, where local…

  • Centro de Interpretacion de la Ciudad

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    Cuba loves its maquetas (scale models), and °ä²¹³¾²¹²µÃ¼±ð²â is no exception. This one offers a good overview of the twisting streets of the city.