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Guanabacoa
Museum
Museums and Art Galleries - City of Havana Regions of Cuba - Travel Guide No one knows exactly when Guanabacoa was founded, but is one of the oldest European settlements in Cuba. It simply grew up around a thriving pre-Columbian Indian settlement and eventually became absorbed into the urban conglomerate of Havana. Archaeological pieces from the period
are among the most important in the collection, and the Guanabacoa Museum
itself is
There are also important documents, weapons and objects that attest to the fierce resistance put up by its citizens to the occupation of Havana by the English in 1762 and their participation in the independence struggles of the 19th and 20th centuries. Foreign visitors are particularly attracted
by its ethnographic collection of objects pertaining to Afro-Cuban religions,
such belief systems being very
The Munanso room, where the Babalawo or priest performs his divination rituals surrounded by altars featuring African deities represented by Catholic saints, is of special interest, as are the richly ornate "offering pots" and the representations of Eleggua. Collections:
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