Museo Histórico


A small museum with several rooms dedicated to local art and history.


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2. Finca La Belén

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3. El Cornito

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4. Cacique Maniabo y Jibacoa

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The 8m-high abstract Monumento Al Trabajo by José Peláez pays cubist homage to Cuban workers.

6. Museo Memorial Mártires de Barbados

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7. La Fuente de las Antilles

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This work, first unveiled in 1977, was elemental in reviving Cuba’s sculpturing traditions and making Las Tunas its HQ. The sculpture comprises a huge…

8. Memorial Vicente García

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A colonial-era structure near the eponymous park that commemorates Las Tunas' great War of Independence hero who captured the town from the Spanish in…