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Biblioteca Policarpo Pineda Rustán

An architectural gift from Leticio Salcines is this beautiful provincial library that was once the city hall (1934–51). Trials for Fulgencio Batista's thugs were held here in 1959, and a number were killed when they snatched a rifle and tried to escape.

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