Posted on 04/19/2009 10:18:06 PM PDT by AZLiberty
I just happened to be touring Havana via Google Maps, and came across this strange grey area. Zooming in as far as I can go, I can't figure out what this is. There's a big monument in the center that seems to surrounded by teeny little buildings.
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Maybe a cemetery with above ground mausoleums?
Or maybe the long lost graveyard of ‘57 Chevy’s.
Wow they really got creative with the street names ;)
calle,calle, calle , calle
From Wikipedia:
The José Martí Memorial (Spanish: Memorial José Martí) is a memorial to José Martí, the national hero of Cuba, located on the northern side of the Plaza de la Revolución in the Vedado area of Havana. It consists of a star-shaped tower, a statue of Martí surrounded by six columns, and gardens.
The 109 m (358 ft) tower, designed by a team of architects led by Enrique Luis Varela, is in the form of a five-pointed star, encased in grey Cuban marble from the Isla de la Juventud. The design was eventually selected from various entries put forward from a series of competitions beginning in 1939. . . . by 1952 – when Fulgencio Batista seized power in a coup – work on the construction had still not begun.
The monument was finally completed in 1958 during the final days of the Batista dictatorship.
Could it be the Cementerio de Colón?
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