Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen Church, Santa Clara
Visit Santa Clara’s oldest church, which was a prison for Cuban patriots during the War of Independence
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen Church
© Wilder Mendez
The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen Church, five blocks to the north of Leoncio Vidal Park, in Plaza del Carmen, is the oldest church in the city of Santa Clara, built in 1748. In 1846 a tower was added to it.
During the War of Independence it worked as a prison for Cuban patriots.
In front of the church there is a cylindrical monument commemorating the place where several families from Remedios founded Santa Clara on July 15th 1689. There are various plaques, busts and monuments in the park honoring relevant events, one in particular being dedicated to El Vaquerito, a Cuban guerrilla from the Cuban Revolution.
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Location:
Avenida Máximo Gómez con Calle Conyedo, Santa Clara, Cuba.
Ticket price:
Free admission.
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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