Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean

Portal of Culture of Latin America and the Caribbean

Cuba - Ruinas del Ingenio La Demajagua (Ruins of La Demajagua sugar mill)

On October 10th, 1868, at the La Demajagua sugar mill, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819-1874), Father of the Homeland, gave freedom to his slaves and summoned them to fight for the emancipation of the Island of Cuba from Spanish colonialism. The ruins of a sugar mill and a museum site are preserved.

 

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La Demajagua sugar mill. Detail of the bell. Photo: Archive of the Museum of the National Council of Monuments
La Demajagua sugar mill. Building of the Museum of the site. Photo: Archive of the Museum of the National Council of Monuments
La Demajagua sugar mill. Canvas of the monument with the bell. Photo: Archive of the Museum of the National Council of Monuments
La Demajagua sugar mill. View of the preserved elements. Photo: Archive of the Museum of the National Council of Monuments
La Demajagua sugar mill. Cogwheels of the sugar mill. Photo: Archive of the Museum of the National Council of Monuments
La Demajagua sugar mill. Industrial elements in the site museum. Photo: Archive of the Museum of the National Council of Monuments

Other data of interest

Cuba

Historical name

Ingenio La Demajagua

Address

Municipio Manzanillo, Provincia Granma , PC: 87510 .

Responsible entity

Municipal Division of the Ministry of Culture in Manzanillo

Management plan

Classification

Site

Category

National monument

Function-Testimony

Site of Rebellion

Access level

Restricted

Current Use

Museum Site

Original use

Sugar mill

Property kind

State