{"id":4481,"date":"2013-03-19T15:25:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T13:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/?p=4481"},"modified":"2013-03-19T15:25:13","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T13:25:13","slug":"havana-visit-to-the-jose-marti-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/startseite\/havana-visit-to-the-jose-marti-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Havana – Visit To The Jose Marti Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"nfcAnother of those places in Havana, like the Colon necropolis, that I have passed by numerous times but had never visited before.<\/p>\n

Honey, our Cuban family friend, had a day off from medical university and offered to guide me.<\/p>\n

A nice walk in the shade by the main artery leading to the Plaza de la Revolucion from the Vedado neighbourhood I was staying and half an hour later we were standing in the shade of this imposing monument built in the 50’s for the Cuban national hero.<\/p>\n

See also : http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%AD_Memorial<\/a><\/p>\n

After paying at the booth in different currencies, Honey, getting a discount being a student paying in MN, me paying in cookies and an additional fee for taking pictures, we went inside where a very interesting exhibition was to be found.<\/p>\n

Among old documents and pictures of both Marti and the memorial construction were also modern artefacts like a replica of the sword of Simon Bolivar that Hugo Chavez presented to Fidel in 2002.<\/p>\n

A cool and aesthetically very appealing place – I liked it.<\/p>\n

We then took the lift up to the viewing platform and indeed the vistas of Havana are unique from up there.<\/p>\n

Highly recommended to anyone visiting Havana.<\/p>\n

Nino<\/b><\/p>\n

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