Manaca Iznaga watchtower, Valle de los Ingenios, Cuba


The 44 m high watchtower at the Manaca Iznaga hacienda in the Valle de los Ingenios was built in the eighteenth century to keep wach on slaves working in the sugar cane fields and raise the alarm if any tried to escape.


Size: 3681px × 5300px
Location: Manaca Iznaga, Iznaga, Valle de los Ingenios, Sancti Spiritus province, Cuba
Photo credit: © A.B. Flint / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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