| 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. |
