Prepare yourself: it's smaller than the one in Paris, but the Arch of Triumph on the western edge of Cienfuegos' serene central park catapults the plaza into the unique category: there is no other construction of its kind in Cuba. Dedicated to Cuban independence, the Francophile monument ushers you through its gilded gateway toward a marble statue of revolutionary and philosopher Jos茅 Mart铆.
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Sharing French and Italian influences, this theater on the northern side of Parque Jos茅 Mart铆 is grand from the outside (look for the gold-leafed mosaics鈥
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Just when you thought Cienfuegos' eclectic architecture couldn't get any more eclectic, you reach the southern end of Punta Gorda where, with a sharp鈥
Palacio Ferrer 鈥 Museo de las Artes
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On the western side of Parque Jos茅 Mart铆, this riveting neoclassical building (1918) was lovingly restored in time for Cienfuegos' 200th anniversary in鈥
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El Nicho, an outlying segment of the Topes de Collantes Natural Park, is the name of a beautiful waterfall on the R铆o Hanabanilla and the protected zone鈥
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Keep heading south on Paseo del Prado and the street becomes the 惭补濒别肠贸苍 as it cuts alongside one of the world's finest natural bays, offering exquisite鈥
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The 94-hectare botanic garden, 17km east of Cienfuegos, is Cuba's oldest, established in 1901. (Decades later the botanical garden in Havana used its鈥
Castillo de Nuestra Se帽ora de los 脕ngeles de Jagua
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Predating the city of Cienfuegos by nearly a century, this fort, to the west of the mouth of Bah铆a de Cienfuegos, was designed by Jos茅 Tontete in 1738 and鈥
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Laguna Guanaroca is a mangrove-rimmed saline lake southeast of Cienfuegos. It's second only to Las Salinas on the Pen铆nsula de Zapata as a bird magnet,鈥
Nearby Cienfuegos attractions
1. Palacio Ferrer 鈥 Museo de las Artes
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On the western side of Parque Jos茅 Mart铆, this riveting neoclassical building (1918) was lovingly restored in time for Cienfuegos' 200th anniversary in鈥
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Poorly presented, slightly grubby museum on the south side of Parque Jos茅 Mart铆 that proffers a microcosm of Cienfuegos' history including a few鈥
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Sharing French and Italian influences, this theater on the northern side of Parque Jos茅 Mart铆 is grand from the outside (look for the gold-leafed mosaics鈥
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Most of Parque Jos茅 Mart铆's south side is dominated by this grandiose, silvery-gray building where the provincial government (Poder Popular Provincial)鈥
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On the east side of Teatro Caf茅 Tom谩s, this building with its striking colonnaded facade was constructed during the 1920s with funds left by wealthy city鈥
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On the southeastern corner of Parque Jos茅 Mart铆 stands the city's oldest building, once the residence of city founder Louis D'Clouet and now a souvenir鈥
7. Catedral de la Pur铆sima Concepci贸n Church
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On the eastern side of Parque Jos茅 Mart铆, Cienfuegos' cathedral dates from 1869 and is distinguished by its French stained-glass windows in an otherwise鈥
8. Museo Hist贸rico Naval Nacional
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Close to the railway tracks, five blocks northwest of Parque Jos茅 Mart铆, is this crenelated blue and white museum, dating from 1933. It's housed in the鈥