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The adjacent Valley de los Ingenios was the origin of the Cuban sugar industry, which emerged in the 18th century. It is home to numerous cane sugar mills, as well as cattle ranches and tobacco plantations. [7] [12] San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba: Santiago de Cuba: 1997 841; iv; v (cultural)
It was called the Jewish Society of Eastern Cuba (Spanish: Sociedad Union Israelita de Oriente de Cuba) and was composed mainly of Sephardic Jews from Turkey. In 1939, the congregation built its first synagogue, called the Synagogue of Santiago de Cuba (Spanish: Sinagoga de Santiago de Cuba). Ashkenazi Jews arrived from Poland during World War ...
Santiago de Cuba in 1856 by Edouard Laplante and Leonardo Barañano. Firestone Library, Princeton University. [5] 1859 watercolor of Santiago de Cuba's plains by British geologist James Gay Sawkins. Santiago de Cuba was the seventh village founded by Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar on 25 July 1515. The settlement was destroyed ...
Situated on Calle Pío Rosada, between Calles Heredia and Aguilera, it is Santiago de Cuba's oldest museum. [2] Emilio Bacardí and his wife, Elvira Cape, embarked on a significant journey overseas in 1912. Their trip yielded an impressive collection of antiquities and art, as well as Cuba's first genuine mummy and sarcophagus from Egypt. [3]
Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba. The largest city Santiago de Cuba is the main administrative center. Other large cities include Palma Soriano , Contramaestre , San Luis and Songo-La Maya .
Santiago de Cuba (5 C, 12 P) Pages in category "World Heritage Sites in Cuba" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Prior to elevation as a archdiocese, the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville in Spain until 12 February 1546 when it became a suffragan of the Diocese of Santo Domingo (now Archdiocese of Santo Domingo) in the Dominican Republic. In 1803, the see was elevated to an archdiocese.
Tele Rebelde was officially launched on July 22, 1968, in the city of Santiago de Cuba. It broadcast its signal to the then Oriente province and aimed to reflect the region in which it was based. It broadcast a wide variety of programs for six hours a day from Monday through Saturday and on Sunday afternoons.