La Lucha Contra los Bandidos National Museum, Trinidad
Get to know La Lucha Contra los Bandidos National Museum, place where you can learn about the independence Cuban process.
La Lucha Contra los Bandidos National Museum
© Humberto Cardoso
La Lucha Contra los Bandidos National Museum is set up in the former 18th century San Francisco Convent. The most characteristic thing of the building is its yellow bell tower, the only remain from the original building from where you can enjoy wonderful panoramic views.
This museum, opened in 1984, exhibits through photographs, maps, weapons and other fight objects of the Castro military against the counterrevolutionary gangs who in the 60s operated in the Sierra de Escambray Range.
it counts with 6 exhibition rooms which deal with the process of the Cuban Independence from 1962 on and the fight against Bandidos. On the inside courtyard you can see pieces such a GAZ 63 truck, a pirate boat formula-type, or a fragment of the U-2 plane knocked over during the 1962 Missile Crisis.
Its documentary center has been cosigned by the Minister of Interior and the National Institute of History as center of National Reference for researchers on the topic.
There are activities to interact with the visitors: speciality in pre-Hispanic and colonial archeology, talks, conferences, specialised visits, tours through the Ingenios Valley and the city and cultural amusement activities outside of the headquarters.
More information:
Location:
Calle Fernando Hernández Echerri, 52
Admission:
1 $
Opening Hours:
Monday to Sunday (except Thursday) from 9,00 a.m. to 5,00 p.m.
Telephone:
994121
Interactive map:
Trinidad
What to see:
- Plaza Mayor de Trinidad
- Caridad Parish Church
- Santísima Trinidad Church
- Iglesia de Santa Ana de Trinidad Church
- Casa Templo de Santería Yemayá
- La Casa del Alfarero Potter House
- Cerro de la Vigía Hill
- Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de la Popa Shrine
- Blanco Cay or Ernest Thaelmann Cay
- Los Ingenios Valley or San Luis Valley
- Torre Manaca-Iznaga Tower
- Topes de Collantes
- Salto de Caburní Waterfall
- Parque El Cubano
- Sierra de Escambray Range
- Casa de la Trova House
- Cayo Iguana
Beaches:
Museums:
Sancti Spíritus
What to see:
- Sancti Spíritus
- Bridge of the Yayabo River
- Iglesia Parroquial Mayor Church
- Parque Serafín Sánchez Park
- Biblioteca Provincial Rubén Martínez Villena Library
- Blanco Cay or Ernest Thaelmann Cay
- Caguanes National Park
- Alturas de Banao
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