Presidio Modelo

The Presidio Modelo was a "model " with panopticon design, built on the Isla de Pinos, now the Isla de la Juventud, in . It is located in the suburban quarter of Chacón, .
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Presidio Modelo

Latitude
21.87779° or 21° 52′ 40″ north
Longitude
-82.76646° or 82° 45′ 59″ west
Open location code
76HVV6HM+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 97848176
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q2095161
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Presidio Modelo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “السجن النموذجي (كوبا)”
  • Arabic: “السجن النموذجي”
  • Armenian: “Պրեսիդո Մոդելո”
  • Catalan: “Presidio Modelo”
  • Chinese: “模范监狱”
  • Dutch: “Presidio Modelo”
  • Esperanto: “Modela Prizono”
  • Finnish: “Presidio Modelo”
  • French: “Presidio Modelo”
  • German: “Presidio Modelo”
  • Haitian: “Presidio Modelo, Isla de la Juventud”
  • Indonesian: “Presidio Modelo”
  • Italian: “Presidio Modelo”
  • Japanese: “プレシディオ・モデーロ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Presidio Modelo”
  • Norwegian: “Presidio Modelo”
  • Polish: “Presidio Modelo”
  • Portuguese: “Presídio Modelo”
  • Romanian: “Presidio Modelo”
  • Russian: “Пресидио Модело”
  • Russian: “Пресидио-Модело”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Presidio Modelo”
  • Spanish: “Presidio Modelo”
  • Swedish: “Presidio Modelo”
  • Ukrainian: “Пресідіо Модело”

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