Bayamo, where Cuba’s independence movement started

Statue of Céspedes, Bayamo

The statue of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes on on Parque Céspedes (Plaza de la Revolución) in Bayamo, the capital city of the Granma Province; born in 1819 in Bayamo, he was a Cuban planter who freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence in 1868 which started the Ten Years' War. Called Padre de la Patria (Father of the Country), in April 1869 he was chosen President of the Republic of Cuba in Arms. Deposed in 1873 in a leadership coup, he was killed by Spanish troops in February 1874.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Thu Mar 03, 2016
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