Regardless, the Pedraplén is sure to be a unique and unforgettable experience. En la actualidad se exhibe en el Memorial Granma adjunto al Museo de la Revolucin en La Habana. Those driving across the roadway will feel like their flying over the ocean. El yate lleg a las costas orientales de Cuba el 2 de diciembre de 1956 cerca de la playa Las Coloradas y marc el inicio de las luchas guerrilleras, que culminaran con el Triunfo de la Revolucin Cubana, el 1 de enero de 1959. Visitors can snap a few pictures with groups of flamingos living on the side of the road or take advantage of the natural beauty of the area to take some post-card perfect photographs. It will outline the history of archeology in Cuba through brief. This paper sets out to establish the materiality of the Cuban Revolutionary vessel Granma and its importance as a nationalistic symbol within the country’s socialist ideology. Today, the Pedraplénhas become a tourist spot. Archaeology of the Present: The Materiality of El Yate Granma in Revolutionary Cuba. It also received a replica of the Yate Granma. It is this that earned the Pedraplén the Puente de Alcántara International Prize for best Ibero-American Construction in 1998-2000. The 45 bridges that make up the Pedraplénwere built to blend in with nature as smoothly as possible. 'Granma', in English, is an affectionate term for a grandmother. The 60-foot (18 m) diesel-powered cabin cruiser was built in 1943 and designed to accommodate 12 people. This 48-kilometre-long engineering Marve,l constructed over the waters of the Caribbean, is actually eco-friendly as those in charge of the project did not want to interfere with the fauna and flora of the Bahia de Buenavista ( Buensavista Bay), declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. Granma is the yacht that was used to transport 82 fighters of the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 for the purpose of overthrowing the regime of Fulgencio Batista. The Pedraplén ( Cayo Santa María Road) is a massive over-the-sea viaduct that connects the province of Villa Clara with the famous Cayos del Norte ( Northern Keys), home to Cayo Santa María ( Saint Mary Keys) and the Cayo Ensenachos ( Ensenachos Keys), some of the most beautiful beaches on the island.

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