The National Museum of the Fight against Bandits (LCB), located in the southern central city of Trinidad, declared a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988, only one of its kind on the island, houses one of the most transcendental exploits of Cuban people.
Since it was inaugurated on June 1, 1984, it has welcomed hundreds of national and foreign visitors attracted by the testimonies of the fight against the enemies of the emerging Revolution, the fight that was waged in the Escambray mountains. The former Saint Francis of Assisi Convent houses the cultural institution in charge of preserving the history of the military corps created by the Cuban Revolution to fight counter-revolutionary armed groups that operated in the central region of Cuba.
This period of Cuban history, which took place between 1959 and 1965, was called Fight against Bandits and is recreated in several halls through maps, documents, objects, weapons and a photo gallery of the people assassinated by those groups.
Late in the 19th century, the building was the headquarters of the Spanish Army and then a place for selecting tobacco leaves, a stable and a place for cock fighting. In 1910, it was damaged by a storm, and in 1926, it was seriously deteriorated, except for the bell tower.
Its courtyard exhibits two pieces which are a symbol of the fight, one of them is a Formula pirate speedboat, used both in terrorist attacks against the country and to take food, weapons and supplies to the bandits.
The other valuable piece is a GAZ 63 Soviet truck, used for the transportation of militiamen to the difficult mountainous areas.
The houses-museums that evoke the life and work of State Security fighter, Alberto Delgado, and of young teacher in the Literacy Campaign, Manuel Ascunce Domenech, and his student, farmer Pedro Lantigua, all assassinated by the counter revolutionaries, are annexed to the building.
The National Museum of Trinidad was granted the Replica of the Machete of Major General Maximo Gomez Baez (1836-1905), the distinguished Dominican who devoted his life to free Cuba from Spanish rule.
The Fight against Bandits is an epic exploit in which regular troops and the National Revolutionary Militias defeated some 300 groups, which were mainly based in the Escambray region, in the then Las Villas province.
According to well documented sources, this fight cost Cuba hundreds of human lives, including many civilians, and substantial material damage.
This period of Cuban history, which took place between 1959 and 1965, was called Fight against Bandits and is recreated in several halls through maps, documents, objects, weapons and a photo gallery of the people assassinated by those groups.
Late in the 19th century, the building was the headquarters of the Spanish Army and then a place for selecting tobacco leaves, a stable and a place for cock fighting. In 1910, it was damaged by a storm, and in 1926, it was seriously deteriorated, except for the bell tower.
Its courtyard exhibits two pieces which are a symbol of the fight, one of them is a Formula pirate speedboat, used both in terrorist attacks against the country and to take food, weapons and supplies to the bandits.
The other valuable piece is a GAZ 63 Soviet truck, used for the transportation of militiamen to the difficult mountainous areas.
The houses-museums that evoke the life and work of State Security fighter, Alberto Delgado, and of young teacher in the Literacy Campaign, Manuel Ascunce Domenech, and his student, farmer Pedro Lantigua, all assassinated by the counter revolutionaries, are annexed to the building.
The National Museum of Trinidad was granted the Replica of the Machete of Major General Maximo Gomez Baez (1836-1905), the distinguished Dominican who devoted his life to free Cuba from Spanish rule.
The Fight against Bandits is an epic exploit in which regular troops and the National Revolutionary Militias defeated some 300 groups, which were mainly based in the Escambray region, in the then Las Villas province.
According to well documented sources, this fight cost Cuba hundreds of human lives, including many civilians, and substantial material damage.
Sancti Spiritus was third of the seven first towns founded in Cuba by the Spanish, it has several museums, including this one, located in the most ancient part of a city frozen in time.
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