Parque del Carmen
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Parque del Carmen – Foundation of the City's site.
This old plaza is host to a beautiful small park centered by Saint Carmen’s Church, a colonial building which originally also included the city's first school. In front of it, there is a gray marble monument surrounding a Tamarind tree indicating the foundation of Santa Clara. Each pillar supporting the bar represent the 7 families that move to the site in 1689 from the town of San Juan de los Remedios near the north coast. Next to the Foundation lays another monument honoring Captain Roberto Rodriguez known as “El Vaquerito” (Little cowboy), a brave young soldier who died in the Battle of Santa Clara. When notify of his death, Che said: “Today it is like I have lost 300 men”.
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