Santa Clara (Cuba)
In Santa Clara's center is a park (Parque Vidal) and it is laid on an entire square block. In the park there is a statue of Marta Abreu, a person much loved by the people of Santa Clara. Bordering the park is the Santa Clara Libre (formerly the Santa Clara Hilton), "Gran Hotel", Teatro de La Caridad (a National Monument of Cuba.), the Plaza del Mercado Central, the former City Hall and the Colonia Española de Santa Clara center of dance, offers the most attractive and unique traditional customs of hinterland Cuba.
- Parque del Carmen (Carmen's Park)– City's Foundation Site.
- Parque de los Martires (Martyrs' Park).
- Parque de la Pastora (Our Lady Shepherdess Park).
- Parque de la Justicia (Justice's Park).
- Parque del Tren Blindado (The Armored Train Park-Museum), a National Monument of Cuba.[7]
- Mausoleo Che Guevara (Monument and Mausoleum of Ernesto "Che" Guevara).
- Catedral de Santa Clara de Asís (Saint Claire of Asis Cathedral).
- Boulevard 1889.
- Centro Cultural El Mejunje (Cultural Centre "El Mejunje").
- Loma del Capiro, hill overlooking the city
- Villa Clara Provincial Museum, with a collection of art, social and natural history.
- University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas is the province's secondary education institution.
Located on a plain below a hillside, in the middle of its province, Santa Clara is 71.5 km far from the Caribbean Sea (at Cienfuegos) and 51.7 km from the Atlantic Ocean (at Caibarién). The municipality borders with the municipalities of Cifuentes, Camajuaní, Placetas, Manicaragua and Ranchuelo.
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