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TORRE IZNAGA- BUILT BY ALEJO MARIA IZNAGA BORRELL
Between Trinidad and Sancti Spiritus is the Valley of the Sugar Mills, where all the old Sugar Barons had their fields.
This Tower is one of the last surviving examples of the slave towers, from where the overseer could keep an eye on the slaves toiling among the canes.Trinidad’s historical treasure includes the Valle de los Ingenios, or Sugar Mill Valley, and the Iznaga Tower, a silent witness of the development of the sugar industry in Trinidad.
The construction of the Iznaga Tower in 1816 marks the predominance of eclecticism in Cuban architecture.
The 45-meters-tall, seven-floor construction is topped by a lookout from where the region's sugarcane plantations could be watched. According to experts, the bell on top of the tower was aimed at announcing the beginning and the end of
work by the slaves, and the prayers to the Holy Virgin in the morning, midday and afternoon.It was also used to sound an alarm in cases of fires, slaves' escapes, or just as a unique lookout to enjoy the valley's beauty in its entire magnitude.
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Det ser hyggeligt ud, en dejlig varm dag i skyggen.
TORRE IZNAGA- BUILT BY ALEJO MARIA IZNAGA BORRELL Between Trinidad and Sancti Spiritus is the Valley of the Sugar Mills, where all the old Sugar Barons had their fields. This Tower is one of the last surviving examples of the slave towers, from where the overseer could keep an eye on the slaves toiling among the canes.Trinidad’s historical treasure includes the Valle de los Ingenios, or Sugar Mill Valley, and the Iznaga Tower, a silent witness of the development of the sugar industry in Trinidad. The construction of the Iznaga Tower in 1816 marks the predominance of eclecticism in Cuban architecture. The 45-meters-tall, seven-floor construction is topped by a lookout from where the region's sugarcane plantations could be watched. According to experts, the bell on top of the tower was aimed at announcing the beginning and the end of work by the slaves, and the prayers to the Holy Virgin in the morning, midday and afternoon.It was also used to sound an alarm in cases of fires, slaves' escapes, or just as a unique lookout to enjoy the valley's beauty in its entire magnitude.
Muy buena foto.