John Lennon Park or Parque John Lennon (formerly known as Parque Menocal) is a public park, located in the

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district in

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On one of the benches of the park, nearer the corner of streets 17th and 6th, there is a sculpture of the former

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member

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, sculpted by Cuban artist

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, seated on the bench's right end. On a marble tile at the foot of the bench there is an inscription reading: "Dirás que soy un soñador pero no soy el único" ''John Lennon'', which is a Spanish translation of the English lyrics, "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one," from the song "

Imagine Imagine may refer to: * Imagination Music Albums * ''Imagine'' (Armin van Buuren album), 2008 * ''Imagine'' (Eva Cassidy album), 2002 * ''Imagine'' (Janice Vidal album), 2012 * ''Imagine'' (John Lennon album), 1971 ** ''Imagine: John Lennon' ...

". The sculpture of Lennon is currently not wearing his signature round-lens glasses, which have been stolen, or vandalized, several times. However, during the day, a security guard can be found sitting next to the bench, and he will place glasses on the statue if there is a request. The statue was unveiled on 8 December 2000, the 20th anniversary of Lennon's murder. One year later, Cuban author

Ernesto Juan Castellanos Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...

wrote a book about the statue, ''John Lennon en La Habana with a little help from my friends'', and about the ban that

and

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suffered in Cuba during the 1960s and 1970s.

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File:JohnLennonPark Havana2.JPG, John Lennon bronze sculpture with his current removable glasses. File:Lennon plaque.JPG, A plaque with inscription. " You can say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one"

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