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  • Fashion Old Havana and its Fortification System
    Old Havana and its Fortification System

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    "Havana was founded in 1519 by the Spanish. By the 17th century, it had become one of the Caribbean's main centres for ship-building. Although it is today a sprawling metropolis of 2 million inhabitants, its old centre retains an interesting mix of Baroque and neoclassical monuments."
  • Fashion Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
    Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios

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    "Founded in the early 16th century in honour of the Holy Trinity, the city was a bridgehead for the conquest of the American continent. Its 18th- and 19th-century buildings, such as the Palacio Brunet and the Palacio Cantero, were built in its days of prosperity from the sugar trade."
  • Fashion San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
    San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba

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    "Commercial and political rivalries in the Caribbean region in the 17th century resulted in the construction of this massive series of fortifications on a rocky promontory, built to protect the important port of Santiago."
  • Fashion Desembarco del Granma National Park
    Desembarco del Granma National Park

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    "Desembarco del Granma National Park, with its uplifted marine terraces and associated ongoing development of karst topography and features, represents a globally significant example of geomorphologic and physiographic features and ongoing geological processes."
  • Fashion Viñales Valley
    Viñales Valley

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    "The Viñales valley is encircled by mountains and its landscape is interspersed with dramatic rocky outcrops. Traditional techniques are still in use for agricultural production, particularly of tobacco."
  • Fashion Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations
    Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations

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    "The remains of the 19th-century coffee plantations in the foothills of the Sierra Maestra are unique evidence of a pioneer form of agriculture in a difficult terrain. They throw considerable light on the economic, social, and technological history of the Caribbean and Latin American region."
  • Fashion Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
    Alejandro de Humboldt National Park

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    "Complex geology and varied topography have given rise to a diversity of ecosystems and species unmatched in the insular Caribbean and created one of the most biologically diverse tropical island sites on earth."
  • Fashion Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
    Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos

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    "The colonial town of Cienfuegos was founded in 1819 in the Spanish territory but was initially settled by immigrants of French origin. It became a trading place for sugar cane, tobacco and coffee."
  • Fashion Historic Centre of Camagüey
    Historic Centre of Camagüey

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    "One of the first seven villages founded by the Spaniards in Cuba, Camagüey played a prominent role as the urban centre of an inland territory dedicated to cattle breeding and the sugar industry."