☕ Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
UNESCO World Heritage Site encompassing 171 19th-century coffee estates in southeastern Cuba
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2000
- Comprises seven distinct locations: La Gran Piedra, El Cobre, Dos Palmas Contramaestre, Yateras, El Salvador, Niceto Pérez, and Guantanamo
- Contains remains of 171 coffee plantations built on mountainous terrain in the Sierra Maestra foothills
- Largely established by French colonists fleeing the Haitian Revolution in the early 19th century
The Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba documents the rise and decline ...