Valley of the Sugar Mills

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The Valley of the Sugar Mills is a historic region near Trinidad, Cuba, known for its former sugar plantations and mills that played a central role in the island’s colonial sugar industry and are now recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
cultural landscape
historic region
associatedWith Trinidad and the Valley of the Sugar Mills World Heritage property NERFINISHED
conservationStatus protected cultural landscape
country Cuba
currentUse open-air museum of sugar industry history
tourist attraction
declineReason changes in the sugar market
end of slavery in Cuba
etymology named for the numerous sugar mills (ingenios) once operating there
hasPart Buenavista plantation NERFINISHED
Manaca Iznaga estate NERFINISHED
Manaca Iznaga tower NERFINISHED
San Isidro de los Destiladeros plantation NERFINISHED
bell towers
boiling houses
colonial manor houses
ruins of sugar mills
slave quarters remains
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial era
knownFor colonial sugar industry
historic plantation architecture
slave-based plantation economy
sugar mills
sugar plantations
languageOfPlaceName Spanish
locatedIn Sancti Spíritus Province NERFINISHED
locatedNear Trinidad, Cuba NERFINISHED
mainEconomicActivity sugar production
managedBy Cuban heritage authorities
nativeName Valle de los Ingenios NERFINISHED
partOf central Cuba
significantFor development of the Cuban colonial economy
history of slavery in Cuba
history of sugar production in the Caribbean
timeOfGreatestProsperity 19th century
late 18th century
tourismActivity guided tours of plantations
heritage tourism
UNESCOCriteria (iv)
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UNESCOInscriptionYear 1988
UNESCORegion Latin America and the Caribbean NERFINISHED
UNESCOSiteType cultural
usedFor sugar processing
sugarcane cultivation

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Trinidad, Cuba historicalRegion Valley of the Sugar Mills
Valle de Santa Rosa locatedIn Valley of the Sugar Mills
this entity surface form: Valley of the Sugar Mills region