Playa Las Coloradas

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Playa Las Coloradas is a historic Cuban beach in Granma Province known as the landing site of Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries during the Cuban Revolution.

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Playa Las Coloradas canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf beach
historic site
access by road from Niquero
associatedWith 26th of July Movement
Camilo Cienfuegos
Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
Juan Almeida Bosque
Raúl Castro
category Beaches of Cuba
Cuban Revolution locations
Historic sites in Cuba
coastType rocky coast with marine terraces
country Cuba
ecosystem coastal marine ecosystem
eventDate 2 December 1956 (Granma landing)
governingBody Cuban government
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Desembarco del Granma National Park)
hasMemorial monuments commemorating the 1956 landing
hasMonument Granma landing memorial
hasNameOrigin Spanish word “coloradas” meaning “reddish”
historicalPeriod Cuban Revolution
knownFor landing of Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries
landing site of the yacht Granma
role in the Cuban Revolution
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Granma Province
southeastern Cuba
locatedOn Caribbean Sea
nearbySettlement Belic
Niquero
partOf Desembarco del Granma National Park
protectedAreaStatus within a national park
tourismType historical tourism
nature tourism

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Granma yacht landedNear Playa Las Coloradas
subject surface form: Granma (yacht)
Granma landedAt Playa Las Coloradas