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GUANABACOA (an See also: town of See also: Cuba, in See also: Havana province, about 6 m
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E. of Havana
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Pop
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(1907) 14,368
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Guanabacoa is served by railway to Havana, with which it is connected by the See also: Regla See also: ferry across the See also: bay
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It is picturesquely situated amid woods, on high hills which furnish a See also: fine view
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There are medicinal springs in the town, and deposits of liquid See also: bitumen in the neighbouring hills
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The town is essentially a residence suburb of the capital, and has some rather See also: pretty streets and squares and some old and interesting churches (including Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion, 1714-1721)
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Just outside the city is the See also: church of
See also: Potosi with a famous " wonder-working " shrine and image
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An See also: Indian See also: pueblo of the same name existed here before 1555, and a church was established in 1576
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Already at the end of the, r 7th century Guanabacoa was the fashionable summer residence of Havana
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It enjoyed its greatest popularity in this respect from the end of the 18th to the See also: middle of the 19th century
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It was created a See also: villa with an See also: ayuntamiento (city council) in 1743
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Ir, 1762 its fort, the Little Morro, on the N. See also: shore near Cojimar (a bathing See also: beach, where the See also: Key West
See also: cable now lands), was taken by the See also: English
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