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Cuba - Ruinas del Ingenio Taoro (Ruins of Taoro sugar mill)

This sugar mill was built between 1857 and 1860. On January 7th, 1896, General Antonio Maceo’s troops engaged the Spanish Army on this site. The partial destruction of the installations occurred when the Cuban Army set them on fire. The ruins of the slave barracks, industrial facilities and the mill’s stack remain today.

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Ruins of the Taoro Sugar Mill. Front view 10 years ago . Photo: Archives-National Monuments Commission
Ruins of the Taoro Sugar Mill. The tower. Photo: Archives-National Monuments Commission
Ruins of the Taoro Sugar Mill. Front view of the house. Photo: Archives-National Monuments Commission
Ruins of the Taoro Sugar Mill. Inner patio of slave barracks . Photo: Archives-National Monuments Commission
Ruins of the Taoro Sugar Mill. Ruins of slave barrack walls overrun with vegetation. Photo: Archives-National Monuments Commission
Ruins of the Taoro Sugar Mill. Inside the slave barracks . Photo: Archives-National Monuments Commission
Ruins of the Taoro Sugar Mill. Abandoned ruins . Photo: Archives-National Monuments Commission
Ruins of the Taoro Sugar Mill. Industrial elements still conserved . Photo: Archives-National Monuments Commission

Other data of interest

Cuba

Historical name

Ingenio Taoro

Founding Date

1860

Address

Carretera Punta Brava a Santa Fe. Finca Taoro. Municipio Bauta, Provincia Artemisa (Punta Brava to Santa Fe highway. Taoro Farm.  Bauta municipality,  Artemisa province)   , PC: 32400 .

Responsible entity

Municipal Government of Bauta

Classification

Construction

Category

Local monument

Function-Testimony

Settlement

Access level

Restricted

Current Use

It is part of the Municipal Museum of Bauta

Original use

Sugar mill

Property kind

State

Expressions of intangible heritage associated

It is an uninhabited space, but the museum has consistently carried out social and cultural activities with the communities surrounding the site, with the predominant presence of performers of traditional African music and dancing.

Declarations

  • Monumento Local 1981