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Parque Jose Marti
Previously called Plaza de las Armas but now Parque José Martí this park dating to the late 19th century is the heart of the Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos. At this end are two pillars with lions set in place on the 22nd of April 1938. The first one is dedicated to Manolo Cepero Y Abreu, commander of the Rebel Army who died in 1897. The second one is a tribute to Colonel Dr Carlos T Trujillo who died in 1937.
This is a bust of the unforgettable governor Don Ramon Maria Labra.
In the middle of the park the Act of Parliament for the foundation of Cienfuegos is inscribed on the ground while just above it is a large map of the region marking out its territory.
On the 5th of September 1957, the 20th anniversary of the rebellion, it was suggested the park needed a facelift. So, in 1977 the architect Daniel Tabeada Espiniella was given the job to create a more elaborate design, adding antique street lights, new green areas, and more seating arrangements.
Moving down the park is a band stand built on the 22nd of April 1939 in memory of a local musician Ramon Torralba.
This unmistakeable monument in the very centre of the park is dedicated to the Republic. The first statue here illustrates the official moment when the act of parliament has passed Cuban independence into the law statutes. Meanwhile the statue of Jose Marti looks down from above.
On the 15th of July 2005 in Durban, South Africa, UNESCO approved this Urban Historic Centre as a World Heritage Site citing Cienfuegos as the best extant example of the 19th-century early Spanish Enlightenment implementation in urban planning.
The last monument here is the L’Arco de Triunfo – the only type of its genre in all of Cuba. The Arch of Triumph, built at the end of the War of 1895 is a homage to the workers of Cienfuegos. At the bottom of it is a barely legible inscription dating to 21-12-2001 and which reads: Sientate donde se canta, porque la gente mala no tiene canciones, (which losely means: sit down where they sing because sick people have nothing to sing about). It was coined by Cuca Rivero who dedicated his life to teaching children.
Finally, there are a few other busts around the park like this one of the teacher and feminist Clotilde Rodríguez López, and this one of the poet Antonio Hurtado del Valle.
References
http://azurina.cult.cu/out_sites/patrim/premios/pmarti.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cienfuegos
http://www.travelcubacaribbean.com/TCC_Destinations/Cienfuegos.asp
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