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Matanzas (other)
Matanzas is the capital city of the Cuban province of Matanzas. Matanzas may also refer to: Places * Matanzas Province, Cuba * Matanzas, Chile * Matanzas, Dominican Republic * Matanzas Bay, Florida, U.S. * Matanzas Beach, Illinois, U.S. * Matanzas Creek, California, U.S. * Matanzas River, in Florida, U.S. ** Matanzas Inlet Sport * FC Matanzas, a Cuban professional football club * Matanzas (Cuban League), a defunct baseball team before 1992 * Cocodrilos de Matanzas, a Cuban baseball team, formed in 1992 Other uses * Matanzas Formation, a geologic formation in Cuba * Matanzas High School, Florida, U.S. * , a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender * Matanzas (schooner-barge), ''Matanzas'' (schooner-barge), a shipwreck in Lake Huron, the Great Lakes See also * * Matanza (other) * Fort Matanzas National Monument, Florida, U.S. {{Disambiguation, geo eo:Matanzas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matanzas
Matanzas (Cuban ; ) is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas Province, Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-American religions, Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish ''Bahia de Matanzas''), east of the capital Havana and west of the resort town of Varadero. Matanzas is called the ''City of Bridges'', for the seventeen bridges that cross the three rivers that traverse the city (Rio Yumuri, San Juan, and Canimar). For this reason it was referred to as the "Venice of Cuba." It was also called "La Atenas de Cuba" ("The Athens of Cuba") for its poets. Matanzas is known as the birthplace of the music and dance traditions danzón and Cuban rumba, rumba. History Matanzas was founded on October 12, 1693, as ''San Carlos y San Severino de Matanzas''. This followed a royal decree ("''real cédula''") issued on September 25, 1690, which decreed that the bay and port of Matanzas be settled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
