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"Antonio Maceo" Monumental Complex

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Mon. It is located in Finca Bobadilla, San Pedro in the municipality of Bauta, at 22 ° 58 '37 "North Latitude and 82 ° 28' 54" West Logitude, Artemisa province. National Monument. Type: Historic site. The site indicates the place of the fall in combat of General Antonio Maceo and his assistant Panchito Gómez Toro. In 1899 Máximo Gómez decided to indicate the place with a cross of yaba (hard and resistant wood). Subsequently the first monument to the general and his assistant was inaugurated. In 1954 the idea of ??creating the historic countryside of San Pedro inCacahual emerged. On December 7th, 1986, the Antonio Maceo Monumental Complex was inaugurated, an artistic project by the sculptor José Delarra and the architect Fernando Salinas. In 1978, a museum hall was designed, which became official in 1991 with the placement of a National Monument declaration tally. 

Resolution 003/1978.

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