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Brief historical review of Cárdenas

Only 9 km from Varadero, the most beautiful beach in the world, and just over a hundred from the island's capital, is the city of San Juan de Dios de Cárdenas, head of the Cárdenas Municipality, a territory located on the coast north of the province of Matanzas.
With a population of about 156,000 inhabitants, the wealth of the Municipality is divided between agricultural, fishing and industrial production. A good percentage of its inhabitants work in the tourist pole of Varadero while the other is employed in the production of sugar and its derivatives, such as rum and alcohol; the fishing industry, the manufacturing centers that produce equipment, pieces, food, etc., agricultural activities, the cultivation of henequen and activities of service and care for the population.

Horse-driven cars give Cárdenas its distinctive touch

Cars, these picturesque means of transport driven by horses, give their distinctive touch to Cárdenas. also known as Flag City, for having waved the national ensign for the first time in the country, in the year 1850. It is characterized by its industrial heritage, especially the Arechavala factory, the maximum expression of the imprint of sugar and rum in the national culture and economy. The factory itself is an important location of industrial heritage with notable tourist value for continuing to operate and be the cradle of the famous Havana Club rum.

We mention some Cardenese traditions for you to know:

    Bicycle that in its historical moment constituted a means of transport for the urban conditions of the city, for not having Lomas.
    Celebration of the first Culture Week in Cuba was in the City of Cárdenas on March 8, 1974
    It sounded for the first time in the La Diana Mambisa municipality for its different Tradition Neighborhoods that are fulfilled to this day.
    Snapper Festival In the town of Boca de Camarioca, where fishermen made large catches of this typical fish and cooked it to be tasted by the people who gathered there at this time of year between the months of May and June
    Siren at 6:00 p.m. in El Cuartel de Bombero as a time orientation to the town
    Regattas in Varadero where they took place on the shore of the beach with the participation of many people.

Food Traditions

Typical dish: Flour With Crab

                      Jaiba enchilado

                      Crab Enchilado

Mothers Monument

It is located on Ave. de Sáez, Calzada corner, in the town of Pueblo Nuevo Norte, in the Cárdenas municipality, of the Matanzas province.

History

On August 15, 1945, Councilor Pedro Parravicini Medina presented to the Municipal Chamber a proposal to erect a marble monument to the mothers, which will be paid for by public subscription and governed by an Executive Committee. In the section of the chamber dated August 28, 1945, it was unanimously approved. The monument is taken out to a National Competition where 18 sculptors participate and their models are exposed to the public, in the Pro Calles Civic Committee. On December 16, 1945, the jury met, chaired by Don Juan Véliz Pérez and the model of the sculptor Mario Santi García, professor at the San Alejandro School, was selected by secret ballot. The entire town cooperated in its construction, highlighting the teachers and students of the public and private schools of the city.