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Inscription at the entrance to the fortress. Click on the thumbnail to see translation.
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The entrance to the fortress, above the previous inscription.
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The buildings within the fortress all look like this, with avenues like this running between them.
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This office, inside one of the fortress buildings, was where Che Guevara had his headquarters during the Missile Crisis.
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To the right is La Habana Vieja. To the left is the fortress.
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These cannons were forged in Barcelona...
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...in September of 1795.
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The chapel inside the fortress. Very plain, very cramped.
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From the steps of the National Capitol, a panoramic view: to the left.
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In the center.
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To the right.
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The dome of the capitol.
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The third-largest indoor statue in the world: the statue of the Republic.
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"The center" of Cuba lies below the center of the capitol dome: a diamond is kept in the little chamber covered by the pentagram.
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