San Pedro de la Roca Castle
Also known as San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba, Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca, El Morro (Santiago de Cuba)
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iv), (v).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Cuba
Inscribed
1997
Area
94 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
San Pedro de la Roca Castle is about 9 km south-west of Santiago de Cuba. The nearest other World Heritage site is First Coffee Plantations, Cuba, about 50 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Santiago de Cuba · about 556,000 peopleabout 9 km north-east
- Palma Soriano · about 103,000 peopleabout 30 km north-west
- Guantánamo · about 273,000 peopleabout 70 km east
- Bayamo · about 193,000 peopleabout 90 km north-west
- Holguín · about 319,000 peopleabout 110 km north
- Banes · about 53,000 peopleabout 110 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
CubaCultural51 km away
CubaNatural185 km away
JamaicaCultural248 km away
HaitiCultural382 km away
CubaCultural474 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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