Standard guide to Cuba : a new and complete guide to the island of Cuba, with maps, illustrations, routes of travel, history, and an English-Spanish phrase book . ration of Cuba by the British. For some act ofthe garrison a century ago it enjoyed the distinction of being the onlyfortress which was permitted to fly a silken flag. The Kentuckian Crit- 96 THE STANDARD GUIDE. tenden and fifty of his men of the Lopez expedition of 1851 were im-prisoned in Atares, and it was on the slope of the hill overlooking theharhor that they were executed. The castle has been converted into ajail. On the slope
Standard guide to Cuba : a new and complete guide to the island of Cuba, with maps, illustrations, routes of travel, history, and an English-Spanish phrase book . ration of Cuba by the British. For some act ofthe garrison a century ago it enjoyed the distinction of being the onlyfortress which was permitted to fly a silken flag. The Kentuckian Crit- 96 THE STANDARD GUIDE. tenden and fifty of his men of the Lopez expedition of 1851 were im-prisoned in Atares, and it was on the slope of the hill overlooking theharhor that they were executed. The castle has been converted into ajail. On the slopes in great letters formed of cannon balls and flower-beds are seen the names of ]\Iarti and other heroes of the Cuban strugglefor independence. City Wall.—Not far from La Punta, at Monserrate and Refugiostreets, are remnants of the old city wall. Another fragment has beenpreserved on Monserrate street, near Teniente Rey. These ancientlandmarks indicate the boundary of old Havana. The wall extendedfrom the shore of the harbor east of the Arsenal, along a line east ofthe Prado, to the water front again at a point in line with the Carcel. The Punta, Carcel,. Prado, Tacon The-atre and Campo de]\Iarte were outsidethe wall, extra-muros. The wallw^as a high andmassive structure,which consumed acentury in building(from 1633 to 1740),at a cost of $700,-000. A moat ex-tended around theouter side, and be-yond this were earthA WALLED CITY. works. Entrance Plan of Havana in 1762. A, Morro Castle. B, La Punta ^vas by drawbridgesCastle. E, La Fuerza. G, La Punta Gate. N, Land Gate. over the moat, and then through nar-row arched gateways, which v/ere closely guarded by soldiers, andwere shut at 11 oclock at night, except when there was an operaticor dramatic performance at the Tacon, on which occasions the Puertade Monserrate, which was opposite the theatre, was kept open untilthe play was over. Early morning saw outside the gates a daily con-course of thousands of horses and mules laden wit
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