Cuba - Ruinas del Ingenio y Cafetal Angerona (Ruins of Angerona sugar mill and coffee plantation)

The set of elements that make up the site bear witness to a hacienda that was first a coffee plantation and later a sugar mill, property of German national Cornelio Souchay. It was described as the largest coffee growing plantation in the western area of the country, with the slave workforce estimated at 450 Africans. The slave settlement stands out as unique.

Other data of interest

Cuba

Historical name

Cafetal Angerona

Founding Date

1813- 1815

Address

Carretera de Artemisa a Cayajabos Km 5, Artemisa

Responsible entity

Flora y Fauna enterprise

Classification

Agro-industrial complex

Function-Testimony

Multipurpose

Access level

Restricted

Current Use

Not in use

Original use

Coffee plantation and then sugar mill

Property kind

State

Expressions of intangible heritage associated

The site per se is uninhabited, but there are nearby communities of African descent who uphold their religious beliefs and practice very particular musical expressions such as the Kinfuiti.

Declarations

Monumento Nacional