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The Cuban Friendship Urn
also known as the Cuban–American Friendship Urn or USS Maine Memorial
West Potomac Park
Ohio Drive, Southwest
Washington, District of Columbia
INSCRIPTIONS:
EL RECUERDO DEL "MAINE" TENDRA ETERNA DURACION
DURANTE LOS SIGLOS LOS LAZOS DE LA AMISTAD ENTRE LA TIERRA DE CUBA
Y LA TIERRA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE NORTE AMERICA
GERARDO MACHADO
The memory of the Maine will last forever through the centuries as will the bonds of friendship between the homeland of Cuba and the homeland of the United States of North America. —Gerardo Machado
ESTA COPA FVE ESCVLPIDA
EN VN FRAGMENTO DE LA COLVMNA DE MARMOL DEL
MONVMENTO A LAS VICTIMAS DEL "MAINE".
ERICIDO EN LA CIVDAD DE LA HABANA,
CVYA COLVMNA FVE DERRIBADA POR EL CICLON DE
20 DE OCTVBRE DE 1926.
This urn was sculpted from a fragment of the marble column of the Monument to the Victims of the Maine. Erected in the City of Havana, this column was taken down by the hurricane of October 20, 1926.
Wearing All White .
Santeria .
Also known as Regina de Ochia is a syncretic religion of Caribbean origin that developed in the Spanish empire days among west African descendent's .
This series of Tody pictures are thanks to a great Cuban bird guide in the Holguin area. Even though this species is common, I would have not been able to take such great pictures without the help of Carlos.
Schoolgirl looks out on the world from a window in Trinidad, Cuba. Photos available for purchase at Wits End Photography. Follow my blog Traveling at Wits End for ways to create travel adventures everyday.
Cuban Cake (8)
The Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC) is one of two currencies used in Cuba. The other currency is simply called the Cuban Pesoand has been in limited use since 1994. Retail stores and other businesses mainly use the Cuban Convertible Peso. For international exchange purposes 1.00 CUC = $1.00 USD.
Havana's Old Town – the site where the city first took root in 1519 – is one of the historical highlights of Latin America, an architectural masterpiece where fastidiously preserved squares and grandiose palaces sit alongside a living, breathing urban community still emerging from the economic chaos of the 1990s.
Cuban car on the streets of Havana.
By Paul Thompson Photography
Louth, Lincs
HDR by photomatix
Canon 5DSr
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