Tren Blindado
The Tren Blindado is a national monument, memorial park, and museum of the Cuban Revolution, located in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba. It was created by the Cuban sculptor José Delarra on the site of and in memory of the capture of an armoured train on 29 December 1958, during the Battle of Santa Clara.Photo: DerBorg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: national monument, memorial and museum in Santa Clara, Cuba
- Also known as: “Monumento al Tren Blindado”
- Address: Car.Camajuaní
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Teatro La Caridad and Parque Vidal.
Teatro La Caridad
Theater building
Photo: Lezumbalaberenjena, Public domain.
Teatro de La Caridad or Teatro La Caridad, located in Santa Clara, is one of the few remaining colonial theatres in Cuba. It is a National Monument of Cuba. Teatro La Caridad is situated 620 metres southwest of Tren Blindado.
Parque Vidal
Park
Parque Vidal is a park located in the center of Santa Clara, Cuba, covering an entire square block of the city. Due to its surrounding architecture, combining eclectic neo-classical and colonial-style buildings, as well as the large number of historic monuments dating from different historical periods, the park was designated as a National Monument in a ceremony in 1998. Parque Vidal is situated 600 metres southwest of Tren Blindado.
Estadio Augusto César Sandino
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Estadio Augusto César Sandino is a multi-use stadium in Santa Clara, Cuba. It is currently used mostly for baseball games and is the home stadium of Villa Clara Naranjas. Estadio Augusto César Sandino is situated 1 km southeast of Tren Blindado.
Tren Blindado
- Categories: national monument and historic site
- Location: Santa Clara, Villa Clara Province, Central Cuba, Cuba, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
22.40977° or 22° 24′ 35″ northLongitude
-79.96027° or 79° 57′ 37″ westOpen location code
77J2C25Q+WVOpenStreetMap ID
way 211017196OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q2451393
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Tren Blindado” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Զրահագնացքի հուշարձան”
- Basque: “Tren Blindado”
- French: “Tren Blindado”
- German: “Denkmal des gepanzerten Zuges”
- German: “Tren Blindado”
- Italian: “Tren Blindado”
- Japanese: “トレン・ブリンダド”
- Portuguese: “El Tren Blindado”
- Portuguese: “Monumento à captura do comboio blindado”
- Portuguese: “Monumento à captura do trem blindado”
- Russian: “Памятник бронепоезду”
- Spanish: “Tren Blindado”
- Vietnamese: “Tren Blindado”
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