Tomasz P's video: Cuba - Trinidad walk through the city streets

Trinidad de Cuba - a city in central Cuba, in the province of Sancti Spíritus.A city inhabited by approximately 73,000 people.The city was founded in 1514 by the Spanish conquistador Diego Velazquez de Cuéllar.Trinidad was the third city founded by the Spanish crown on the island.Trinidad was an important point of the slave trade.Town became rich from the production and trade of sugar.City was preserved in great condition because for a long time there was no road leading to the town. Communication with the world was only through the seaport.Most of the preserved buildings date from the 18th to 19th centuries.A characteristic element of houses in Trinidad are bars on the windows, due to frequent pirate attacks that plagued Trinidad.In 1950, then-president Fulgencio Batista declared Trinidad a national monument.The colonial old town was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988.