Cemetery of Santa Ifigenia with the Jose Marti Mausoleum in the background,Santiago de Cuba,Cuba
Santiago de Cuba is the second city of Cuba on the south east coast ,based around a deep water bay. The city was established in 1515 by Diego Velazquez de Cuellar, In 1898 Santiago was the centre of a war of independence against the Spanish and this was here the intervened with Teddy Rooseveldt’s Rough Riders. Santiago played a prime role in the 1950’s in the uprisings against the Baptista government. Fidel Castro chose Santiago for his debut battle in 1953 when he and a small band of supporters attacked the Moncada barracks. Jose Marti was a tireless champion of a free Cuba in the nineteenth century. He died in battle in 1895 fighting for Cuban independence in Cuba Marti's mausoleum built of white stone is 3 kilometres from the centre of Santiago de Cuba
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