Plaza de Marte, Santiago de Cuba
Visit the symbolic Plaza de Marte and admire its beauty, serenity and its sculptures in the limit of the historic center of Santiago de Cuba.
Plaza de Marte
© Eric Alarie
Formerly, the Plaza de Marte was used by soldiers as training camp and it was place of conspirations during the Revolution. Nowadays, it is a square which reminds with its name of the combative and fighting spirit of the inhabitants of the city.
In the center of the square, there is a column of 20 meters height, crowned with a phrygian cap as the ones worn by the French revolutionaries. Around it, a spacious park opens with huge colonnades, pergolas and lush trees which shade the plenty of benches to sit, rest and watch the pedestrians. The square counts with six garden which harmonize with the open areas and you can also see four big bronze cannons which protect the main column.
In the park there are represented in sculptures the heroes of the city of the Independence War, and you can also admire the busts of José Martí and Camilo Cienfuegos.
Más información:
Ubicación:
Calle Pérez Carbó esquina con calle Francisco Vicente Aguilera
Interactive map:
Santiago de Cuba
What to see:
- Céspedes Park
- Calle Heredia Street
- Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Cathedral
- Velázquez Balcony
- Casa de la Trova
- Model of the City
- Plaza de Dolores Square
- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores Church
- Plaza de Marte Square
- Provincial Government Palace
- Tívoli
- Escalinata Padre Pico Highway
- Cuartel Moncada Headquarters
- Plaza de la Revolución
- Pioneers’ Palace
- La Gran Piedra
- Cumbre La Gran Piedra Summit
- Cafetal La Isabelica Coffee Plantation
- Parque Baconao
- Baconao Aquarium
- Baconao Lagoon
- Granma Cay
- Siboney
- El Cobre
- Nuestra Señora del Cobre Basilica
- Chivirico and its Vicinity
- Pico Turquino Peak Area
- Pico Turquino
Beaches:
Museums:
- Museum of Historical Cuban Atmosphere
- Archdiocesan Museum
- Municipal Museum Emilio Bacardí Moreau
- El Carnaval Museum
- Rum Museum
- Clandestine Fight Museum
- Casa-Natal de Antonio Maceo Birth House Museum
- Abel Santamaría Historic Park
- San Juan Historic Park and the Peace Tree
- Cemetery of Santa Ifigenia
- Castle of San Pedro de la Roca del Morro
- Granjita Siboney Museum
- Spanish-Cuban-American War Museum
- Prehistory Valley
- Monument to Cimarrón
Other nearby destinations:
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