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SEVEN OUT OF THE FIRST VILLAGES FOUNDED BY THE SPANISH CROWN IN AMERICA ARE NESTLED IN CUBA AND, FIVE CENTURIES LATER, THEY STAND OUT AS ATTRACTIVE TOURISM DESTINATIONS OF HISTORIC AND CULTURAL INTEREST

CAMAGÜEY
Although the Spaniards named it Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe, the capital of the largest Cuban province finally adopted the native name of Camagüey, after several moves from the original settlement on the coast of Nuevitas Bay to an interior territory, safer and with water supply.
The abundance of the suitable clay so as to manufacture bricks and build the first houses, also gave citizens the possibility to mold and bake tinajones, a sort of big Arab large earthenware jars, which became the emblem of this city, located 550 km east of Havana.
The historic core, declared World Cultural Heritage by Unesco, features a totally asymmetric layout, similar to a spiderweb in some areas. It’s the largest one in Cuba, with greatly preserved environment and colonial architecture.

TRINIDAD

Sited at the central-southern region of Cuba, in Sancti Spiritus province, with the always-green Sierra del Escambray in the back and facing the Caribbean Sea, the Villa de la Santísima Trinidad looks like a well-designed stage where the golden age of the colonial Spanish dominion would be filmed.
People become dazzled when the road takes them to that colorful image of paved streets, majestic mansions with decorated wooden doors and windows, protected by the curious design of iron grilles, shadow provided by trees and flower-carpeted gardens, neatly preserved.
Along with the Sugar Refineries Valley, in 1988 Trinidad was registered by Unesco on its List of World Heritage. It’s one of the best-preserved colonial cities in America.