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 . CHURCH OF SAN CARLOS, the State House, formerly the Governors Palace; and on other sides arethe Casino Espanol (Spanish Club), with highly ornate facade, the CubanClub and the Grand Hotel Louvre. Evening concerts are given twice aweek by the Firemens Band. The Plaza was the scene of public execu-tions; and it was here that the Cuban poet, Gabriel de la ConcepcionValdes (Placido), met his death. Just ofif the Plaza on the Calle de laC
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 . CHURCH OF SAN CARLOS, the State House, formerly the Governors Palace; and on other sides arethe Casino Espanol (Spanish Club), with highly ornate facade, the CubanClub and the Grand Hotel Louvre. Evening concerts are given twice aweek by the Firemens Band. The Plaza was the scene of public execu-tions; and it was here that the Cuban poet, Gabriel de la ConcepcionValdes (Placido), met his death. Just ofif the Plaza on the Calle de laConstitucion is the Parochial Church of San Carlos. MATANZAS. 105. CALLE DE LA CONSTITUCION. The summit of the Cnmbre (Hill) is reached by a carriage road,which leads to the hermitage of Montserrate and to the bluff overlookingthe Yumuri Valley. The prospect over this immense basin, with the riverwinding through the parti-colored fields of cane and other vegetationand royal palms, singly and in clumps and clusters, dotting the whole ex-panse of the levels and slopes and summits of the encircling hills, is themost beautiful in Cuba, and one of the most famous of the world. TheYumuri has times and moods; one should see it in the early morning or atsunset, when the blending tints are soft and delicate. The Cumbre viewto the east overlooks the town with its bright colored houses, the harborand the broad expanse of the sea, with the shore-line seen stretching awayin a series of crescents marked by the white surf breaking on the sand. The Hermitage of Montserrate was built in 1870 by Cuban residentswho were natives of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands and
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