Ernesto Che Guevara Monument, Santa Clara
Contemplate the commemorative sculpture for the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Guevara in Bolivia
Ernesto Che Guevara Monument
© Guillaume Baviere
Two kilometers to the west of Vidal Park of Santa Clara, in Desfiles Avenue, quite close to the Viazul bus station, is the huge Plaza Che Guevara with a bronze statue of the major, known simply as the Monumento a Ernesto Che Guevara (Ernesto Che Guevara Monument).
The statue was erected in 1987 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Che in Bolivia, and which can be seen any time of the day. Behind the statue is the sublime mausoleum, with 38 niches carved in stone as a homage to the guerrillas who died during the Bolivian Revolution. In 1997 the human remains of 17 fighters were found, including Guevara, in a secret mass grave in Bolivia, which were later put into the mausoleum. On October 17th of the same year Fidel Castro lit the Eternal Flame. The museum also houses several objects from the life and death of Ernesto Che Guevara.
In 2011 it received the Provincial Conservation Award by the Provincial Center of Cultural Heritage, with the patronage of the Cultural Heritage Committee of the National Union of Architects and Construction Engineers of Cuba (UNAICC in Spanish).
One of the best ways to reach this square is by a 30-minute walk. Although you can also take a horse and carriage from Calle Marta Abreu, facing the cathedral, for around two Cuban pesos.
More information:
Location:
Avenida de los Desfiles, Santa Clara, Cuba.
Ticket price:
Free admission.
Opening hours:
Tuesdays through Sundays from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Telephone:
(+53) 42 205878
Interactive map:
Villa Clara
What to see:
- Hanabanilla Lake
- Santa Clara
- Leoncio Vidal Park
- Loma del Capiro
- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen Church
- Toma del Tren Blindado Monument
- Ernesto Che Guevara Monument
- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje Church
- Santa Clara Cathedral
- El Bosque Zoological Garden (Camilo Cienfuegos)
- La Caridad Theater
- Provincial Palace and José Martí Provincial Library
- Iglesia de San Juan Bautista Church and Iglesia del Buen Viaje Church
- Remedios
- Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista Church and Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje Church
- Rubén M. Villena Theater
- Caibarién
- Northern Cay Group
- El Pedraplén
- Cayo Las Brujas
- Petrolero San Pascual Oil Tanker
- Cayo Santa María
- Delfinario de Cayo Santa María
- Cayo Ensenachos
- Cayo Conuco
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