Plaza de la Revolución

Location of Plaza de la Revolución

Plaza de la Revolución (Spanish for Revolution Square ) is a municipality ( district) of the Cuban capital of Havana, often abbreviated to Plaza. The eponymous square itself is officially called Plaza de la Revolución José Martí.

The municipality extends from the square down to the sea at the Malecón and includes the Vedado district.

The Place

The place is 72 thousand square meters of the largest urban place in Cuba. Is regularly used for official political rallies. Fidel Castro spoke here a year on special occasions, for example, on May 1 or July 26, more than a million Cubans.

The Revolution Square is dominated by the José Martí Memorial, consisting of a 109 meter high tower and a 18 -meter-high statue. The tower is the tallest structure in the city and you can ride the elevator up to his peak.

The National Library, many ministries and other notable buildings are located around the square. Behind the Marti Memorial are the heavily guarded offices of former President Fidel Castro. Opposite the monument is the building of the Interior Ministry with a large portrait of Che Guevara and the slogan Hasta la Victoria Siempre (always to victory ). On the next to it Camilo Cienfuegos information ministry is with his quote Vas bien, Fidel ( Fidel, you go right / doing it right ) to see.

The construction of the course and the Martí monument began during the presidency of Fulgencio Batista and was founded in 1959, the year of the accession to power of Fidel Castro, was completed. Originally, he was baptized Plaza Cívica (Civic Square), by law in July 1961, however, after the Cuban Revolution (1959 ) renamed " Plaza de la Revolucion Jose Marti". Following the example of Havana is also available in Santiago de Cuba, the second largest city in Cuba, a central Revolution Square, which is used for large events and is also dedicated to a national hero: the inaugurated in 1991 by Fidel Castro " Plaza de la Revolución Mayor General Antonio Maceo Grajales ".

After he was resurfaced in April 2011, found in February 2012 further renovations of the square of the revolution in preparation rather than on the Pope's visit.

Demography

In the year 2011 147.789 people lived in the Municipality Plaza de la Revolución. With an area of 12.26 square kilometers, this gives a population density of 12,054.6 people per square kilometer.

Points Plaza

Teatro Nacional de Cuba ( National Theater of Cuba)

Ministry of Interior with Portrait Che Guevara

Ministry of Information with portrait of Camilo Cienfuegos

Central Committee of the PCC

The Revolution Square from above.

Others

The Jose Marti Memorial at the Revolution Square is mapped to the Cuban one - cent coin.