Visiting Trinidad is Like Stepping Back in History!

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Does Cuba Breathe from Trinidad or Havana?

The historic town of Trinidad, which lies on the southern slopes of the Sierra de Trinidad, in the province of Sancti Spiritus, in central Cuba, is one of the biggest attractions in this Caribbean country.

The town, which located near the Caribbean beach and the Escambray Mountains, is one of the exciting and fascinating towns in the entire Caribbean island.

Pastel-coloured houses with terracotta-tiled roofs, and windows with wrought iron grilles, redolent of the atmosphere that makes the bygone colonial age present, surround the cobblestone streets.

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Trinidad Attractions, Cuba, Caribbean Sea

There are many attractions in the town or near it such as Santisima Trinidad Cathedral, Plaza Mayor, Playa Ancon, and Municipal History Museum, other different museums, art galleries and waterfalls.

The Museo de la Torre Manaca Iznaga is a tower built by Alejo Iznaga Borrell in 1816 and it reaches 45 meters high.

Topes de Collantes is a nature reserve park and the premier ecotourism center in Cuba. Parque Cespedes is the interesting site of the Valley of the Sugar Mills and has been declared a world heritage site.

In addition to these attractions, there are also the Casilda Bay and the Plaza Santa Ana to the east of the town's centre.

Trinidad, which was founded almost 5 centuries ago on December 23, 1514, by Spanish conquistador Diego Velazquez de Cuellar, spreads nowadays to 1,155 square kilometres and there are 73,466 inhabitants in the town.

Together with its neighbouring Valle de los Ingenios, they renowned for their well preserved Spanish colonial architecture and have been declared UNSCO World Heritage Sites.

The Square Plaza Mayor is surrounded by majestic houses from the 18th and 19th centuries and represents the city's historic center. The once wealthy town belonged to wealthy landowners who served on a large trade scales in sugar and slaves.

Today most of their homes turned into museums and tourist attractions. Thanks to the communist revolution.

Located in the Caribbean Sea at the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico, Trinidad, together with the rest of Cuba, lies in the path of hurricanes.

In September 2008, only ten days after another major hurricane had ravaged the country, Hurricane Ike struck Cuba and damaged nearly 1,000 houses in Trinidad, led to massive landslides, and flooding that cut off roads to and from the town. Throughout Cuba, the two hurricanes caused $7 billion of damage throughout Cuba.

Local government in Trinidad has been able to protect and repair many of the town's historic tourist attractions, other sites and to reinforce many buildings. However, global warming is expected to lead to more extreme weather events in the Caribbean area.

It is not certain that reinforcing of buildings may not be enough to keep pace with the ever stronger and more frequent storms. The future extreme weather events threaten to destroy the colonial heritage of the town as well as the homes of the ordinary citizens.

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