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Monumento El Cacahual

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Monumento El Cacahual, Cuba
Monumento El Cacahual, Cuba

Monumento El Cacahual, situated south of Santiago de las Vegas and north of Bejucal in Cuba is a monument to and the resting place of the remains of Antonio Maceo, second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence, and his aide-de-camp Francisco Gómez Toro. The present monument, the third on the site, was started in 1944 and completed in 1951.

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N 22.945395 ° E -82.390396666667 °
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Mausoleo a Antonio Maceo (El Cacahual)

Avenida Independencia
32600 (Santiago de las Vegas)
Havana, Cuba
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