World Cultural Heritage
Basic Information
Heritage Name: Cuba Southeast First Coffee Plantation Archaeological Scenic Area < / b>
Archaeological landscape of the first coffee plantations in the side-east of cuba
Selection time: 2000
selection basis: Cultural Heritage (III (iv)
Geographic location: N20 00 W75 38 (la Gran Piedra)
N20 04 W75 55 (El Cobre)
N19 59 W76 04 ( DOS Palmas Contramaestre)
N20 16 W75 03 (YateRas)
N20 19 W75 23 (El Salvador)
N19 59 W75 23 (NICETO Pérez)
n20 17 W75 13 (Guantánamo)
Heritage number: 1008
Heritage description
Cuba Southeast First Coffee Plantation Archaeological Scenic Area Located at the foot of Maester Lawa Mountain in Cuba Santiago and Guantana, it is a coffee planting area in the southeastern part of Cuba in the early 20th century. The coffee plantation scenic area attracts tourists from all over the world to spend happiness when they come here with very unique views. The scenery here is unique, the climate conditions are suitable, people will feel very comfortable here. Coffee Plantation Archaeological Scenic Area is the subject of coffee planting. There are a lot of coffee here. You can see the entire process of coffee. It will definitely have a new concept for coffee, and here is very high, far different from Coffee drinking in other places is pure and natural, no processing.
In 2000, according to the Cultural Heritage Selection Standard C (III) (IV), Cuba Southeast First Coffee Plantation Archaeological Scenic Area Because it is the earliest Coffee planting in Cuba Approved the World Heritage List by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
World Heritage Committee Evaluation
This martyrdom of the 19th-century coffee plantation in Xierra Maestra is witnessed on an irregular land. Innovative forms of agricultural planting, clearly showcase the history of economic, social and technological development in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Heritage Introduction
Cuban coffee plantation archaeological landscape is located in the Maesterra Mountains in the southeast of Cuba, 1500 meters above sea level, across Guantamo and San Diego Two provinces. The mountain slope is steep, the climate is dry, no people living; the North slope is gentle, climate is humid, dense population, suitable for planting coffee crops. The coffee plant here is in the middle of the 18th century from France from Haiti.
Historical Origin
Most of the residents here are migrated from all over the country to escape the persecution of foreign aggressors and dictators. In 1790, a slave rawing in the French colonies, and more than 30,000 French colonists fled to Cuba settled. They have a rich experience in Haiti. Come to Cuba to open the land, engaged in coffee plantation economy in the southeast region. It is recorded in 1833, there are more than 2,000 coffee plantations in Cuba. The earliest seven coffee planting sites are included in the world cultural heritage. These coffee plantations are open on the Passerius of Maesterra. Coffee plantation situated at the foot of the foot of Muestra is an example of new works in a strange land.
Heritage status
The first coffee plantation in the southeastern Cuba attracted a lot of tourists, especially when they arrived at the holidays. There are many parents carrying their children, and they have spent very happy time here. Why is the first coffee plantation scenic spot in Cuba East Asia, it is, mainly the scenery here is very unique, this is the scenery you can't see in any place, and only Cuba has, and then In addition, the climate conditions here are very suitable, people will feel very comfortable when they live here, because of this, there are so many people like to come here.
The first coffee plantation scenic spot in the southeastern Cuba is a particularly spacious place. The traffic conditions here are also very convenient. No matter which transportation method rides, it can reach very fast. The coffee planting archaeological scenic area is the subject of coffee planting. There are many coffee types. When you play here, you can see the entire process of coffee, which will definitely have a new concept for coffee, and here's the quality of the coffee is also Very high, far different from the coffee drinking now, this is pure natural, no processing.
Humanities
The first coffee plantation in the southeast of Cuba, witnessing agricultural development in the barren area, uniquely proves the form of the original forest agriculture development, namely Innovative forms of agricultural planting in irregular land, clearly showcase the history of economic, social and technological development in the Caribbean and Latin America.