Mesoamerica 2019 - Nineth and Final Cuba Pictures! Santa Clara

On our last full day in Cuba we went to the town of Santa Clara. It is known as the location of the last battle of the Revolution against Batista, the battle leading to victory. The battle was led on the side of the Revolutionaries by Che Guevara. Hence it is a town that is dedicated to his memory.

Before we left Trinidad there were still a couple of sights to see

Including the ubiquitous 'man on horse with cell phone'

Driving out from Trinidad we passed the Valley of Sugar, the source of Trinidad's wealth in its glory days

 

And a church that LÍvan said we should shoot from afar if we wished to avoid the gauntlet of vendors selling to tourists

At last we arrived in Santa Clara

All Che all the time

This statue is in front of the local branch of the Communist party

Like so much sculpture I've seen in Cuba, I was impressed with its action

 

Not to mention there are miniature scenes from his life on the main statue

We went to a museum dedicated to the last battle that was honestly lacking quite a bit

The train cars were to represent the actual scene of the battle but when you looked at the pictures this was very whitewashed

We passed through the center of Santa Clara and since I know you have been dying for more pictures of neo-classical and neo-Soviet style buildings I will oblige you

 With bullet holes from the battle retained

And in the central plaza

NOT a statue of Jose Marti

But of a woman who was the benefactor of the town in the late 19th century

According to LÍvan the only town in Cuba without a Marti statue

We finished up with a visit to he mausoleum and monument to Che

Children of the Revolution

And for a last image of Cuba

A final selection of Revolutionary images