Tourist Guide Trinidad
Trinidad was founded in 1514 under the name of Villa de la Santisima Trinidad. Its well-preserved buildings pay tribute to the sugar trade that dominated the Caribbean in the past. Today, it is a hub of the tobacco processing industry.
Located in Sancti Spiritus province, Trinidad lies in the middle of the Cuban mainland, at the foot of the Guamuhaya mountain range. During the 1600s, both British and Dutch pirates tried to wrest control of this province, but the Spanish garrison was successful in holding them off. Pirates from Jamaica and Tortuga made their presence felt between 1660 and 1680, twice razing the city to the ground.
Trinidad underwent great expansion after a slave revolt in Haiti in the early
19th century caused French plantation owners to flee to the city, but this expansion
was halted by complete devastation of the region during the War for Independence.
Trinidad was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 due to its colonial
buildings and cobbled streets.
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