Theme Week Cuba – Cienfuegos

28 April 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  7 minutes

Marti Park and City Hall © Wilder Mendez

Marti Park and City Hall © Wilder Mendez

Cienfuegos, capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about 250 km (160 mi) from Havana and has a population of 172,000. The city is dubbed La Perla del Sur (Pearl of the South). In 2005, UNESCO inscribed the Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos on the World Heritage List, citing Cienfuegos as the best extant example of early 19th century Spanish Enlightenment implementation in urban planning.   read more…

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