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Matanzas Bay

bay in front of Matanzas, Cuba

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bay in front of Matanzas, Cuba

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Matanzas Bay is a nature park in Matanzas, Cuba. It is located at approximately 23.074°, -81.506°.

It sits within the province of Matanzas.

The nearest recorded places in the atlas are Cueva de Saturno (7 km to the east), Bellamar Caves (Matanzas) (8 km to the south-west), Yumurí valley (Cuba) (11 km to the west) and Pan de Matanzas (19 km to the west).

It is associated with nature.

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Get there

23.07420, -81.50600

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19:53
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12h 46m
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    +53 7 866 4499

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What's near Matanzas Bay

Nearby places

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Mapped features nearby

Named places recorded in OpenStreetMap within 12 km, nearest first.

Named places mapped within 12 km include Monumento Nacional, Playa Buey Vaca, Yugoslavia, Mercado de Alimentos Alelí, Flor de Cactus and Funcionalmente Disfuncional.

Monumento Nacional · monument
3.1 km
Playa Buey Vaca · beach
3.5 km
Yugoslavia · beach
4.2 km
Mercado de Alimentos Alelí · market
4.6 km
Flor de Cactus · artwork
5.3 km
Funcionalmente Disfuncional · artwork
7.1 km

Around Matanzas Bay

552 named civic, cultural, natural and service places are mapped within about 15 km of Matanzas Bay, across 31 categories. Open any category to see it on the map, centred on Matanzas Bay.

Notable near Matanzas Bay

Museo del Arte

Museo del Arte

Museums

El Museo de Arte de Matanzas, también llamado Museo Lorenzo Padilla Díaz, es el Museo de arte cubano y africano de Matanzas, Cuba, con una destacada colección de grabados holandeses que abarcan desde el siglo XVI hasta el siglo XX.

Teatro Sauto

Teatro Sauto

Theatres & arts

The Sauto Theater opened in 1863 in Matanzas, Cuba, and has since then been a proud symbol of the city. The U-shaped 775-seat theatre is almost entirely covered with wood-panelling. It has three balconies, and its floor can be raised to convert the auditorium into a ballroom. The original theater curtain is a painting of the Puente de la Concordia over the Yumurí River. The lobby is graced by Carrara marble statues of Greek goddesses and the main hall ceiling bears paintings of the muses.

Seminario Teológico

Seminario Teológico

Universities & colleges

El Seminario Evangélico de Teología (SET) es un seminario protestante interdenominacional ubicado en Matanzas, Cuba, que ofrece estudios de pregrado en Bachillerato en Teología (BTh), Bachillerato en Educación Cristiana (BCE) y Licenciatura en Teología; y de postgrado en Maestría en Teología (MTh). Fue fundado en 1946 por tres denominaciones protestantes: Iglesia Metodista en Cuba, Iglesia Presbiteriana-Reformada en Cuba y la Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba. En 2006 la Iglesia Metodista en Cuba se separó del seminario formando su propia institución de educación teológica: el Seminario Evangélico…

Cueva Saturno

Cueva Saturno

Springs, caves & falls

Cueva de Saturno, or Saturn Cave, is a cenote cave located near Varadero, Matanzas Province, Cuba. The cave consists of a large opening, the denote, and some offshoot caverns. Stalactites and blind cavefish and cave shrimp. Scuba diving is popular in the cenote itself.

Estadio Victoria de Girón

Estadio Victoria de Girón

Stadiums & sport

The Estadio Victoria de Girón is a multi-use stadium in Matanzas, Cuba. It is currently used mostly for baseball games and is the home stadium of Matanzas Cocodrilos. The stadium holds 22,000 and was built in 1977.

Monumento a Antonio Guiteras y Carlos Aponte

Monumento a Antonio Guiteras y Carlos Aponte

Historic & heritage

Antonio Guiteras y Holmes was a leading politician in Cuba during the 1930s.

What Matanzas Bay makes

47 working sites mapped — energy, industry, mining, farming, fishing and ports.The whole economy →

Energy 2

Batería Grupo Electrógeno Frigorífico · Termoeléctrica Antonio Guiteras

🏭 Industry 37

Base de Aseguramiento de la ENIA Matanzas · Base de Ómnibus Transmetro · Base de ómnibus urbanos · Base de Ómnibus Urbanos Yumurí · …

🌱 Farming 8

Huerta de la Universidad · Huerto · Huerto · Huerto · …

Industrial heritage

7 pre-1959 sites in and around Matanzas Bay — sugar centrales, railways, mines and ports.The 1959 heritage map →

  • Port of Matanzasport
  • Los Mangosrailway
  • Margotrailway
  • Matanzas (Versalles)railway
  • Matanzas Swing Bridgerailway
  • Menarailway
  • San Miguelrailway
See the heritage layer on the map →

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