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Sunday 13 April 2014

Calle Padre Pico is one of the most famous streets of Santiago de Cuba


Calle Padre Pico, in the Tivoli neighborhood, is one of the most famous streets of Santiago de Cuba


The staircase "Padre Pico" has 52 steps, grouped into 13 blocks
of 4 steps each

The staircase was built in 1899 by order of the mayor Emilio Bacardi Moreau and officially inaugurated on October 2, 1903


At the top you have a beautiful view on the street

It was Emilio Bacardí how proposed the name "Padre Pico" in honor of Bernardo del Pico Redin, a former priest who was very popular in Santiago de Cuba by his beneficent work in Belen's Convent


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