town of El Cobre

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The town of El Cobre is a historic Cuban mining settlement best known as the site of the Basilica of Our Lady of Charity, Cuba’s most important Catholic shrine.

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town of El Cobre canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mining town
settlement
town
associatedWith Afro-Cuban devotion to Ochún (in syncretic practice)
Cuban independence symbolism
country Cuba
governedBy Cuban local authorities
hasCulturalSignificance site of syncretism between Catholicism and Afro-Cuban religions
symbol of Cuban national identity linked to Our Lady of Charity
hasEconomicActivity artisanal religious goods
hasHeritage Afro-Cuban religious traditions
hasHistoricalPeriod Spanish colonial era
hasIndustry copper mining
religious tourism
hasMiningResource copper
hasNationalPatroness Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre
surface form: Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre
hasNearbyCity Santiago de Cuba
hasPlaceOfWorship Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre
surface form: Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre
hasReligion Roman Catholicism
hasReligiousFeast feast of Our Lady of Charity on 8 September
hasReligiousIcon Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre
surface form: image of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre
hasShrine National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity
surface form: National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre
hasTitle site of Cuba’s most important Catholic shrine
knownFor Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre
surface form: Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre

historic copper mining
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Santiago de Cuba Province
locatedInRegion eastern Cuba
locatedNear Sierra Maestra mountains
locatedOnContinent North America
partOf municipality of Santiago de Cuba
pilgrimageDestinationFor Catholics in Cuba
Cuban diaspora
religiousSignificance major Catholic pilgrimage site in Cuba
roadAccessFrom Santiago de Cuba

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Santiago de Cuba Province contains town of El Cobre