Parque de los Mártires (Martyrs Park) is a park in Santa Clara, Cuba. It is a few blocks from

Parque del Carmen Parque del Carmen (Carmen's Park) is a park in Santa Clara, Cuba, which honors the city's founding. It is located in the ward (''reparto'') El Carmen, not too far from Martyr's Park and the railway station. Overview This old plaza is host to a s ...

in front of Santa Clara railway station.

Overview

A triangular shaped space with many points of interests. Its center piece is a truncated column, the only one in rural Cuba in honor of those fighters who lost their lives in the Independence War. 18th- and 19th-century buildings surround the park. The Railway Station is an example of colonial architecture, a building supposedly donated to the city by philanthropist

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. Across from the station a colonial wooden family house still stands. Another important building in the park area is an art deco former Spanish garrison transformed in a school after the revolution. Its interior walls were considered the best example of The Vanguardist Movement Murals in Cuba. Cuban painter

Amelia Peláez Amelia Peláez del Casal (5 January 1896 – 8 April 1968) was an important Cuban painter of the Avant-garde generation. Biography Amelia Peláez was born in 1896 in Yaguajay, in the former Cuban province of Las Villas (now Sancti Spíritus Pro ...

contributed to it, but the paintings have been almost completely lost. This building is a school for young children and has not been retouched for last five decades. A statue of poet and independence leader José Martí is in Martyrs Park instead of

Parque Vidal Parque Vidal (also known by its previous names of Plaza Central and Plaza Mayor) is a park located in the center of Santa Clara, Cuba, covering an entire square block of the city. Due to its surrounding architecture, combining eclectic neo-classi ...

, the main plaza of the city. The oldest domestic examples of architecture in the city are found in streets connecting this park with nearby

traveling east of them towards Parque Vidal.

Gallery

File:Parque de los Mártires, in Santa Clara, Cuba, circa 1945-50, at the moment was named Parque Martí, to honor José Martí (you can spot his bust at the back), it was later renamed to honor all Independence fighters..jpg, Historic postcard of Parque de los Mártires, circa 1945–50, at the moment was named Parque Martí, to honor José Martí (bust at the back), it was later renamed to honor all Independence fighters, to whom the truncated pillar monument was built. File:Marta Abreu train station across Martyrs Park in Santa Clara, Cuba - 2010.JPG, Marta Abreu train station across Martyrs Park. At the center the truncated pillar monument dedicated to the Martyrs of the Colonial Independence War. Photo from 2010 File:Marta Abreu train station of Santa Clara city in Cuba, across the Marty's Park. A line of horse drawn taxi carriages awaits their turn to fill up with travelers. Photo from 2010.JPG, Marta Abreu train station, across the Martyrs Park. A line of horse drawn taxi carriages awaits their turn to fill up with travelers. Photo from 2010

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Parque De Los Martires Tourist attractions in Santa Clara, Cuba Parks in Cuba