☕ Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
UNESCO World Heritage Site encompassing 19th-century colonial plantation ruins in Guantánamo Province
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2000 under criteria (iii) and (iv)
- Located in southeastern Cuba across seven municipalities: Yateras, La Gran Piedra, El Cobre, Dos Palmas, Contramaestre, El Salvador, Niceto Pérez, and Guantánamo
- Comprises approximately 171 documented coffee plantation ruins (cafetales) dating to the early 19th century
- Region: Sierra Maestra and Sierra Cristal foothills, Guantánamo Province
The Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba preserves the remains of a ...