Place: Cienfuegos, Cuba
Weather: Mostly sunny, 67/85F.
Route: From Trinidad 83 km NW on Route 12.
Significance: For a country with a history as long as Cuba, Cienfuegos was founded relatively recently in 1819. Still part of the Spanish territory at that time, it was actually settled mostly by French people from Louisiana (which had been recently sold the United States) and Bordeaux. The main reason for the recognition by UNESCO is the neoclassical architecture. The town quickly became one of the most important in Cuba due to it's proximity to coffee, tobacco, and sugar cane fields.
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