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Top 10 sights in Matanzas

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   Hicacos Peninsula

   A peninsula running out from the northern coast of Matanzas province in Cuba. The resort town of Varadero stands on it, and the name comes from a species of cactus.

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   Guanabo

   The easternmost of the Playas del Este, a beach town at the mouth of the Guanabo river about 25 km from central Havana. Less built up than Santa Maria, it is where habaneros themselves come at weekends, low houses running back from the sand.

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   Jibacoa

   A fishing village at Santa Cruz del Norte in Mayabeque province in Cuba. It stands at the mouth of the Jibacoa river sixty kilometres east of Havana, on the site of a cattle pen of 1756.

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   Cathedral of San Carlos De Borromeo

   The cathedral of Matanzas, begun in 1693 and one of the oldest buildings in a city built on the sugar trade. Its interior frescoes were painted by local artists in the nineteenth century, and the twin towers face the main square.

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   Sauto Theater

   A theatre opened at Matanzas in Cuba in 1863. Its 775-seat horseshoe auditorium is panelled in timber, it has three tiers of boxes, and the floor can be raised to turn it into a ballroom.

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   University of Matanzas

   A state university at Matanzas in Cuba. It was founded in 1972 and has seven faculties.

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   Bellamar Caves (Matanzas)

   A cave system in the province of Matanzas, Cuba, lying at about 60 metres above sea level.

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   Galería Pedro Esquerré

   A gallery and arts space in Matanzas, Cuba, run by the provincial council for fine arts and cultural heritage.

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   Agricultural University of Havana

   A university at San José de las Lajas in Mayabeque province in Cuba. It was founded in September 1976 as the Havana Higher Institute of Agricultural Sciences.

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    Cueva de Saturno

    A cenote near Varadero in Matanzas province in Cuba. Water stands under a large opening in the rock, with stalactites above it and blind cave fish and shrimp in it.

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