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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016) was the leader of
* ''Fidel Castro Park'' (
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016) was the leader of Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
from 1959 to 2006. He led the Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution ( es, Revolución Cubana) was carried out after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état which placed Fulgencio Batista as head of state and the failed mass strike in opposition that followed. After failing to contest Batista in cou ...
which overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (; ; born Rubén Zaldívar, January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.-backed military dictator ...
. This is a list of places, buildings and other things named for Castro.
In Cuba
Because Castro chose not to create a cult of personality, inside Cuba there are no streets, buildings, institutions or localities named for him. There are no official photos of Castro. In 1959 the Italian sculptor Enzo Gallo Chiapardi made a bust of Castro, but Castro ordered that it be destroyed. In a speech on theInternational Workers' Day
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of 2003, Castro noted: "There is no cult of personality around any living revolutionary, in the form of statues, official photographs, or the names of streets or institutions. The leaders of this country are human beings, not gods." Following Fidel Castro's death, the Cuban government announced that it would be passing a law prohibiting the naming of "institutions, streets, parks or other public sites, or erecting busts, statues or other forms of tribute" in honor of the late Cuban leader in keeping with his wishes to prevent the development of a cult of personality.
Outside Cuba
The only things named in honor of Fidel Castro are located outside Cuba:
* ''Fidel Castro Park'' (Dong Ha
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* Dong (administrative division) (동 or 洞), a neighborhood division in Korea
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, Quang Tri, Vietnam
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);
*''Fidel Castro Street'' (Pretoria
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, South Africa
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);
* ''Fidel Castro Street'' (Cape Town
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, South Africa);
* ''Fidel Castro Street'' (Ladysmith Ladysmith may refer to:
* Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
* Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
* Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States
* Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia
* Ladysmith, Virginia, United States
* Ladysmith Island, Queenslan ...
, South Africa);
* ''Fidel Castro Street'' (Klerksdorp
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, South Africa);
* ''Fidel Castro Ruz House'' (of Departament of Health of Limpopo
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, South Africa);
* ''Fidel Castro Building'' (the tallest in Bloemfontein
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, houses the provincial administration, and is also known as "The Pride of the Free State");
* ''Fidel Castro Street'' (Conakry
Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...
, Guinea
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);
* ''Fidel Castro Street'' (Windhoek
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, Namibia
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);
* ''Fidel Castro School'' (Windhoek, Namibia);
* ''Fidel Castro Secondary School
Fidel Castro Secondary School is a secondary school located in Wawi village in the district of Chake-Chake on Pemba Island in Tanzania. It was built in 1963 under Sultanate of Zanzibar and by that time was known as Sayyid Khalifa Secondary School ...
'' (Wawi
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History
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, Tanzania
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);
* ''Escola Fidel Castro'' ( Tombwa, Angola
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* ''Escola Primária Nº 5001 Fidel Castro'' ( Viana, Angola);
* ''Escola Primária Fidel Castro'' (Xai-Xai
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Portuguese rule
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, Mozambique
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);
* ''Campus Fidel Castro'' (Montpelier, Jamaica
Montpelier is a village located in Saint James Parish, Jamaica, approximately 15 minutes away from the parish's capital Montego Bay.
Landmarks
*Montpelier railway station
Montpelier railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serv ...
);
* ''Avenida Comandante Fidel Castro'' (Luanda
Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport ...
, Angola);
* '' Square of Fidel Castro'' (Moscow, Russia).
See also
* Fidel Castro Smith (born 1963), British boxer named after Cuban Fidel Castro.References
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