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Memorial a los Estudiantes de Medicina

Habana Vieja


A fragment of wall encased in marble at the end of Paseo de Martí marks the spot where, in 1871, eight Cuban medical students were shot by the Spanish in reprisal for allegedly desecrating the tomb of a Spanish journalist.


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