Municipal Museum of Trinidad, Trinidad. Cuba
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- Calle Simon Bolivar # 423, , Trinidad. Cuba
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- Destination: Trinidad
Rating Municipal Museum of Trinidad
A vast exhibit that allows the visitor to know the history of one of the first seven towns founded in Cuba by Diego Velázquez in the 16 th century. Among its outstanding collections there are excellent art pieces displaying a notorious conservation. It is one of the many museums of the city that should not be skipped in your agenda.
Municipal Museum of Trinidad is located in Trinidad
As if it were stagnant in time, Trinidad gives the visitor the extraordinary charms of a vivacious museum-city embedded between the sea and the mountain. Trinidad comprises an area of 1 165Km2 and it is located to the center-south of Cuba, facing the Caribbean Sea, in the mountainous skirts of Guamuahaya or Escambray Mountains, belonging to the province of Sancti Spíritus. You can get there by roads that connect it with the rest of the country, and it has an airport for small and medium size airplanes.
Proclaimed World Heritage by UNESCO in 1988, the old Villa de la Santísima Trinidad founded in the 16th century shows togeher with its multiple architectural values, a wealth of traditions and cultures where Hispanic and African traits are combined. A culture of craftsmanship and ceramics has been transmitted notably from generation to generation. In this area the gentle atmosphere of small cities reigns, where the creative capacity and their residents' wisdom have contributed to preserve from the past their most important values.
Together with historical and cultural values of the territory, the attractiveness of the mountainous Escambray area, its beaches and the beauties of its sea bottoms, as well as its people's hospitality, are the particular features of this city. Trinidad is one of those cities that invites you to travel all around them. Its museums, squares and stone-paved streets make it possible to go back in time. Once in the territory you are invited to know the symbolic Manaca- Iznaga Tower, from where you can see the Valley of the Sugar Mills; Ancón and María Aguilar beaches, Caburní Waterfall, the Cave of the Skulls and Zaza Lake, host of periodic trout fishing tournaments. To visit its nearby keys among which Key Blanco of Casilda stands out are of great interest for those who are keen in the art of deep diving.
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Municipal Museum of Trinidad
The collections of this institution provide us with the archeological pieces of the indigenous people, slave trade and boom of the sugar cane industry, the independence wars and other significative moments of culture, society and economy of Trinidad. Documents and testimonies of the history of Trinidad.
Museum fo History
Housed in a fine mansion full of 19th-century artefacts, just a short stroll from the Plaza Mayor, this history museum gives full details of all the antique decorations and furnishings, as well as providing information about the Borrell family who lived here in earlier days. Visitors can climb its tower for a great view over the old town. It is worth noting that this particular attraction is popular with tour buses, and so an early morning visit is strongly advised if you would like to miss the crowds.
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