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Cuba - Sierra del Rosario (Sierra del Rosario mountain range)

Because of its hilly terrain and geographical location near the western plains, the site preserves testimonials of the coffee-growing development during the first half of the 19th century with slave labour and it was also a refuge of slaves who ran away from the surrounding sugar mills.

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The proposal to declare Las Terrazas community (core of the site) as a National Monument was approved by the National Monument Commission and is being analyzed by the Council of Ministers.

The mountain range is accessible, the agricultural and industrial complexes and runaway slave refuges are not readily accessible.
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Sierra del Rosario. Coffee plantation landscape in Sierra del Rosario. Author: Jorge Garcell
Sierra del Rosario. View of coffee bean drying area.. Photo: Jorge Garcell
Sierra del Rosario. View of production area.. Photo: Jorge Garcell
Sierra del Rosario. Visitor and evidence protection.. Author: Jorge Garcell
Sierra del Rosario. Coffee plantation terraces. Author: Jorge Garcell
Sierra del Rosario. Archaeological remains of drying areas.. Author: Jorge Garcell
Sierra del Rosario. View of rugged terrain in Sierra coffee plantations .. Author: Jorge Garcell
Sierra del Rosario. Museum display showing diagram of plantation flour mill.. Author: Jorge Garcell
Sierra del Rosario. Detail of drying areas.. Author: Jorge Garcell
Sierra del Rosario. House of Buena Vista coffee plantation.. Author: Jorge Garcell
Sierra del Rosario. View of coffee bean drying area.. Photo: Jorge Garcell
Sierra del Rosario. Access to Buena Vista coffee plantation. Photo: Jorge Garcell

Other data of interest

Cuba

Historical name

Sierra del Rosario

Address

Sierra del Rosario, Municipio Candelaria (Municipality of Candelaria), Artemisa , PC: 22700 .

Responsible entity

Several: Municipal Government of Candelaria, Ministry of the Armed Forces and Las Terrazas community

Management plan

Classification

Cultural landscape

Category

National monument Biosphere reserve

Function-Testimony

Multipurpose

Access level

Restricted

Current Use

Protected natural area, forestry, tourism and resident farming community

Original use

Coffee-growing and forest farming

Property kind

State

Expressions of intangible heritage associated

There are deep-rooted intangible heritage expressions in the community, such as countryside music and oral traditions. The population of African descent upholds traditional music-dancing expressions and beliefs.