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Casa Natal de José Antonio Echeverría
Casa Natal de José Antonio Echeverría Review
The neoclassical Casa Natal de José Antonio Echeverría, now the municipal museum, is named for a student leader murdered by Fulgencio Batista's forces in 1957 and is also known as Museo de la Lucha Estudiantil (Museum of the Student Struggle). Built in 1873, the two-story town house has a lovely hand-carved wooden spiral staircase. Its top floor is filled with Echeverría memorabilia, along with photographs and documents of other local Revolutionary heroes. Ask about the machine-gun barrel upstairs if you favor gory stories.
- Address: Calle Genes 240, Cárdenas, Matanzas Province
- Phone: 45/52-4145
- Cost: 1 cuc
- Hours: Mon.--Sat. 9--6, Sun. 9--1
- Location: Cárdenas
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