{"id":14374,"date":"2020-12-17T09:16:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T11:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bgspace.com\/cuba\/the-revolution-square-in-havana\/"},"modified":"2021-01-12T08:13:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T10:13:04","slug":"the-revolution-square-in-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bgspace.com\/cuba\/the-revolution-square-in-havana\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The Revolution Square in Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Revolution Square in Havan\u0430,<\/a> Cuba<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Revolution Square \/Plaza de la Revoluci\u00f3n\/ is one of the biggest squares in South America. More than 1 000 000 people fit in the square during the May Day Parade. Historically it becomes recognizable in January 1959 as the centre of the Cuban celebrations following the triumph of the Revolution. Fidel Castro’s tribune can also be found in the square. The leader’s speeches often used to last up to 8 hours and giving them he used to touch upon various topics – from the danger of a new world war to Maria’s problems with her refrigerator or somebody’s malfunctioning flushing cistern…<\/p>\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/a>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n

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 <\/em>I have attended several May Day Parades. People gather at particular locations starting from 4 am. All nearby streets are closed. The police are everywhere. Every factory makes its own poster. For example, cigar factories make a big model of a Cuban cigar, and workers from the rum factory one of a bottle. What can I say – a real mood booster. \ud83d\ude42 The parade after-party is a typical Cuban one – conga, rum, and dancing… Let’s not forget that Cubans have always been world champions in turning any occasion into a fiesta.<\/em><\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

The square hosts the buildings of some of the most important ministries – of interior affairs, of communications, technologies, the State Council Building, as well as the Reception Building of the Cuban President. Except for the May Day parades, which still take place, the square hosted the funeral ceremony of Fidel Castro in 2016. I saw people waiting for two days to pay their last respects to their leader. Read more about Havana here.<\/a><\/p>\n

The square is as big as 72 000 sq m.  The idea of building the square dates back to the beginning of the 40s when they launched an international competition for building a memorial of Jose Marti in this part of the Cuban capital<\/a>, where there used to stand the Hermitage of the Catalan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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