Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some 870 km (540 mi) southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana.
Santiago de Cuba Province is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba. The largest city Santiago de Cuba is the main administrative center. Other large cities include Palma Soriano, Contramaestre, San Luis and Songo-La Maya.
The University of Oriente - Santiago de Cuba (Spanish: Universidad de Oriente - Santiago de Cuba, UO) is a university located in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. It was founded in 1947 and is organized in 12 Faculties.
The Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (also known by the less formal title of Castillo del Morro or as San Pedro de la Roca Castle) is a fortress on the coast of the Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba. About 6 miles (10 km) southwest of the city centre, it overlooks the bay. The fortress was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997, cited as the best preserved and most complete example of Spanish-American military architecture.
Daiquirí (Spanish pronunciation: [dajkiˈɾi]) is a small village, 14 miles east of Santiago de Cuba. It became a focal point of the United States invasion of Cuba in the Spanish–American War.
The Battle of San Juan Hill (Spanish: Batalla de las Colinas de San Juan), also known as the Battle for the San Juan Heights, was a major battle of the Spanish–American War fought between an American force under the command of William Rufus Shafter and Joseph Wheeler against a Spanish force led by Arsenio Linares y Pombo. The combined assaults on Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill that together form San Juan Heights proved to be one of the most significant battles of the war and, along with the Siege of Santiago, a decisive battle in deciding the fate of the United States Army campaign in Cuba. The American forces, outnumbering the Spanish defenders 16-to-one, charged upon the heights and dispersed the Spanish after suffering heavy casualties.
Antonio Maceo Airport (IATA: SCU, ICAO: MUCU) is an international airport located in Santiago, Cuba.
El Caney (also Caney) is a small village six kilometers (four miles) to the northeast of Santiago, Cuba. "Caney" means longhouse in Taíno.
The Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre (National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Charity del Cobre) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary located in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
Estadio Guillermón Moncada is a multi-use stadium in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. It is the second largest baseball stadium in Cuba and comfortably seats 25,000 spectators. The stadium was inaugurated on February 24, 1964. It is a project of the Architect Emilio Castro.
Siboney is a Cuban village and consejo popular (i.e.: people's council) located in the east of the city of Santiago de Cuba and belonging to its municipality.
Moncada är en militärgarnison utanför Santiago de Cuba som angreps av Fidel Castro med anhängare den 26 juli 1953. Angreppet misslyckades och större delen av anfallarna togs till fånga.
Der Gran Piedra (span. für Großer Stein) ist ein charakteristischer Monolith in Ost-Kuba, östlich der Stadt Santiago de Cuba. Mit 1225 Metern bildet er die höchste Erhebung der nach ihm benannten Cordillera de la Gran Piedra. Diese Gebirgskette gehört zum östlichen, kleineren Teil der Sierra Maestra.
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption (Spanish: Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción), also called Santiago de Cuba Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Santiago de Cuba, in eastern Cuba. The cathedral fronts onto Céspedes Park. Its facade has two marble sculptures.
Santiago de Cuba, also known as Santiago General Senén Casas, is the main railway station of the city of Santiago de Cuba, seat of the homonym province, Cuba. It is owned by the state company Ferrocarriles de Cuba (FFCC) and is located in the central Paseo de Martí, nearby the city harbor.
El Cobre is a Cuban town and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Santiago de Cuba, capital of the homonym province, with a population of about 7,000. Mainly known for a Basilica in honour of Our Lady of Charity, the patron saint of Cuba, it was until recently the site of a large copper mine worked by slaves, free coloured people, and for a while by miners from Cornwall.
The Emilio Bacardí Moreau Municipal Museum (Spanish: Museo Municipal Emilio Bacardí Moreau) is a museum in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Dating back to 1899, this museum is the oldest in Santiago de Cuba.
La Ciudad Escolar 26 de Julio (antes Cuartel Moncada) es un edificio docente, antiguo cuartel militar, ubicado en el Distrito 26 de Julio de Santiago de Cuba (en Cuba). El cuartel Moncada adquirió relevancia histórica el 26 de julio de 1953 cuando un grupo de 135 guerrilleros antibatistianos (opositores a la dictadura de Fulgencio Batista) divididos en tres columnas comandadas por Fidel Castro, Abel Santamaría, y Léster Rodríguez realizan el asalto al mismo. Este acto, que resultó fallido, fue el comienzo de la lucha que acabaría el 1 de enero de 1959 entrando triunfante en la ciudad de Santiago de Cuba y dando comienzo a la Revolución cubana.
El Museo del Primer Frente Oriental José Martí, más conocido como Ayuntamiento de Santiago de Cuba es un museo por inaugurar ubicado en la ciudad de Santiago de Cuba, donde tradicionalmente había estado ubicada la sede del gobierno de la ciudad. Aún hoy, se realizan aquí las reuniones protocolares en de la Asamblea Municipal del Poder Popular.