| Cuba,
Isla
de la Juventud
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| Nueva
Gerona, Museo Finca El
Abra |
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On
October 17, 1870 Jose Marti at the age of 17 arrived here to spend nine
weeks of exile on this farm prior to his deportation to Spain. He was
sheltered by the Sardá family, friends of his father. Today the farm is
a museum that exhibits objects and
things linked to this stage of life of Jose Martí.
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| Nueva Gerona,
Carretera de Siguanea |
| Nueva
Gerona, El Pinero |
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Until
1974 this was the ferry boat between Isla de Juventud and the mainland
of Cuba. On may 15, 1955 this boat brought Fidel and the other released
Moncada prisoners to the mainland.
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| Nueva Gerona,
At the end of Calle 28 at the border of the river "Rio las Casas". |
| Nueva
Gerona, Museo de la Lucha Clandestina |
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A
museum about the underground war against Batista.
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| Nueva Gerona,
Calle 24 at Calle 45. |
| Nueva
Gerona, Nuestra Senora de los Dolores |
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Guillermo
Sardinas was the parish priest in this church.
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| Nueva Gerona,
At the end of Calle 28 at the border of the river "Rio las Casas". |
| Nueva
Gerona, Presidio Modelo |
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The
prison was built between 1926 and 1931 during the regime of president
Gerardo Machado. It is capable of accommodating 6000 prisoners. From
October 1953 to May 1955 Fidel Castro and the other Rebels who had
attacked the Moncada Barracks were imprisoned here. In 1967 the prison
was converted into a museum.
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| Isla
de Juventud,
four kilometer east of Nueva Gerona on the road to Playa Bibijagua. |
Republic of Cuba
