El Cobre, Cuba
Visit the town of El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba, and be witness of the blend between the religious culture and old Cuban slaves.
El Cobre
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El Cobre is a town created from the copper mine providing its name, which was exploited in Pe-Columbian times.
Located 20 Km to the northeast of Santiago de Cuba, the mining village is crossed by the Cobre River, being destination of numerous pilgrimages because it houses, on its sanctuary, the Virgen de la Caridad, known as Cachita.
After the closure of the mine in 2000, the main economic activities of the town are agriculture and services.
You’ll have the chance to visit the virgin in the Nuestra Señora del Cobre Basilica, on top of a hill in the north of the village. So close to it you’ll find the Monument to Cimarrón, a mix of Christian religiousness and Paganism.
Visit the church and contemplate the small statue of the virgin. After this, observe the traditional dances and rituals taking place during the celebrations of Caribbean culture, that will remind you to the time when slaves decided to revolt.
Later, towards the west, in the same road to Santiago de Cuba, you will arrive to the hotel El Saltón, in the municipality of Tercer Frente.
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Location:
20 Km al noroeste de Santiago de Cuba
Interactive map:
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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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