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• Vivid Sculptures in Havana

Vivid Sculptures in Havana There are a great amount of attractive November  14th,  1999. statues in Havana. Some of them are emblematic and classic such as the Christ at   More unknown is, perhaps, the the entrance of Havana's bay or the statue of Japanese Hasehura Rokuemon Tsunenaga, hero of José Martí at the Revolution Sendai province in Japan, and whose monument Square. perpetuates him as the first Japanese person who came into Cuba in 1614 in a park of this   It can be very interesting to capital. Having a Japanese-Spanish walk through the capital looking for vivid explanation, and wearing a kimono, this man monuments  of  famous  people  of  the  past. seems to suggest the 11 850 kilometers that separates  both  cities.   Some examples of them are everywhere, coming from different places and   Another remarkable statue is the times. For example, let us mention a few but one erected to Francisco de Albear y Lara at representative  number  of  them. the park with the same name immediately after his death in October 24th, 1887. This place   Very closed to the Havanan is located in the surrounding areas of the Malecón (wall) it can be seen a statue famous  restaurant  El  Floridita. of José Martí, Cuban National Hero, wearing his classical frock coat and   Don Francisco was the designer holding  his  son  in  his  arms. of the Havana's aqueduct, master piece that is  still  functioning.   In the Avenida del Puerto (harbor avenue) near the trade zone of the   The fountain of this sculpture bay, closed to the Paula Church, there stands complex perpetuates the never-ending efforts very elegantly Agustín Lara, the of this man for providing Havana with a water renown  Mexican  composer. system.   This statue was donated to Cuba   During the last years, sculptor by the people and the government of Veracruz Jorge Villa has been a protagonist within the in November of 2000 and makes us remember his city. Some of his sculptures have been raised romantic  songs. in different places of this city: John Lennon quietly sitting in a bench at a park of 16   The visitor may also see statues St., in Vedado; Ernest Hemingway leaning on of gods such as a marble Neptune that points the bar of El Floridita; devout Teresa of out with his trident the way to Havana at the Calcutta seating at a bench of the San entrance  of  the  bay. Francisco de Asis´ basilica; or the "Caballero de Paris" walking as a perennial   However, less known people's passer-by  of  Old  Havana. statues can also be found. That is the case of the one erected to Pierre Le Moyne   Meanwhile, some other immobile O´Iberville, famous military man of and nameless figures of beautiful undressed New France, actually Canada, who was Fleet women keep their non-stop observation of Admiral of King Louis XIV and died in Havana Havana's days, always animated by the flow in  1706. and  noise of either nationals or foreigners.   This statue was donated by   Statues are a real Cuban feast Québec authorities and was placed by that pays homage to those famous persons who the Office of Havana Historian's workers in were fond of Havana. 1 A B C 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93